Hello Tom, The detailed explanation is much appreciated and as always all the work you guys do! Thanks!
I've attempted the venv method just recently on a Linux Mint laptop because it looked like a cool new feature and I wanted to try it but something work so instead I did it with apt. Sorry, but I didn't document what the issue(s?) was. All the best, Ivo On Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 2:45:30 PM UTC+3 Tom Keffer wrote: Not our choice. setup.py relies on distutils, which has been deprecated and will be removed. See PEP 632 <https://peps.python.org/pep-0632/>, This is part of a larger security trend of preventing user-installed software from modifying system resources. Distutils was at odds with that, so it had to go. That whole thing with venv might be a cool and dandy new feature but it doesn't necessarily always work Example? Venv is part of this security trend. System resources do not have to be messed with, so you're less likely to break something else. If you've got a counter-example, I'd sure like to see it. You can still install everything in one place using the pip install method. In fact, that place can be /home/weewx, just like before. See the document Version 5 <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/Version-5>, which exhaustively outlines all these reasons. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/2335332c-850a-46ad-87ee-c56241d64062n%40googlegroups.com.
