Re: venvs vs. package management

2024-05-20 Thread Left Right via Python-list
There are several independent problems here: 1. Very short release cycle. This is independent of the Python venv module but is indirectly influenced by Python's own release cycle. Package maintainers don't have time for proper testing, they are encouraged to release a bunch of new (and poorly

Re: venvs vs. package management

2024-05-19 Thread Piergiorgio Sartor via Python-list
On 19/05/2024 08.49, Peter J. Holzer wrote: [...] That's what package management on Linux is for. Sure, it means that you won't have the newest version of anything and some packages not at all, but you don't have to care about dependencies. Or updates. Well, that doesn't work as well.

venvs vs. package management (was: Terminal Emulator (Posting On Python-List Prohibited))

2024-05-19 Thread Peter J. Holzer via Python-list
On 2024-05-18 20:12:33 +0200, Piergiorgio Sartor via Python-list wrote: > On 18/05/2024 20.04, Mats Wichmann wrote: > > So venvs make managing all that pretty convenient. Dunno why everybody's > > so down on venvs... > > Only people which are *not* using python... :-) > > In my experience, venvs