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Re: Python 3 virtualenvs

From Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Python 3 virtualenvs
Date 2015-11-30 18:20 +0100
Message-ID <mailman.42.1448904130.14615.python-list@python.org> (permalink)
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In a message of Mon, 30 Nov 2015 09:32:27 -0700, Carl Meyer writes:
>Hi Laura,

>I don't know what you mean by this. Venv is intended to do _exactly_
>what virtualenv does, only better. Unless by "what virtualenv does" you
>mean "also support Python 2."

That is exactly what I mean.

>> I think it is only meant to be used by people who want to install
>> packages but not site-wide, but I am not sure about that.
>
>I don't know what you mean by this either. Isn't the ability to "install
>packages but not site-wide" precisely what virtualenv (and venv) give you?

I rarely use it for that.  What I nearly always want is different
python interpreters.  CPython, PyPy, Jython for anything from 2.6 to
3.6.

Laura

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Python 3 virtualenvs real-not-anti-spam-address@apple-juice.co.uk (D.M. Procida) - 2015-11-28 00:37 +0000
  Re: Python 3 virtualenvs Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-11-28 02:09 +0100
    Re: Python 3 virtualenvs real-not-anti-spam-address@apple-juice.co.uk (D.M. Procida) - 2015-11-28 01:35 +0000
  Faviourite improvements in Python 3.5 (was: Python 3 virtualenvs) Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-11-28 12:42 +1100
  Re: Faviourite improvements in Python 3.5 (was: Python 3 virtualenvs) Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-11-28 03:23 +0100
  Re: Faviourite improvements in Python 3.5 (was: Python 3 virtualenvs) INADA Naoki <songofacandy@gmail.com> - 2015-11-28 16:17 +0900
  Re: Python 3 virtualenvs Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.co.uk> - 2015-11-28 13:29 +0000
    Re: Python 3 virtualenvs real-not-anti-spam-address@apple-juice.co.uk (D.M. Procida) - 2015-11-28 19:37 +0000
      Re: Python 3 virtualenvs Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.co.uk> - 2015-11-28 21:48 +0000
        Re: Python 3 virtualenvs Lele Gaifax <lele@metapensiero.it> - 2015-11-29 13:19 +0100
        Re: Python 3 virtualenvs Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-11-29 13:27 +0100
          Re: Python 3 virtualenvs Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.co.uk> - 2015-11-29 13:23 +0000
            Re: Python 3 virtualenvs Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-11-29 15:12 +0100
            Re: Python 3 virtualenvs Carl Meyer <carl@oddbird.net> - 2015-11-30 09:32 -0700
            Re: Python 3 virtualenvs Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-11-30 18:20 +0100
            Re: Python 3 virtualenvs Carl Meyer <carl@oddbird.net> - 2015-11-30 10:28 -0700
              Re: Python 3 virtualenvs Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.co.uk> - 2015-11-30 17:30 +0000
            Re: Python 3 virtualenvs Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-11-30 18:46 +0100

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