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Re: OSHIP & Python 2.5


Tim Cook wrote:
> [..]
>   
>> 5) finally, I wouldn't use the name 'sandbox' for the virtual 
>> environment. Developers will probably have multiple virtual 
>> environments 
>> created, and 'sandbox' is not very specific. I'd choose something 
>> like 
>> 'oshipenv'.
>>
>>     
>
> True to some extent.  But it is unlikely that developers will have 
> more
> than one virtual environment for each version of Python that they wish
> to work with.  For example you may want a virtual environment for
> Python2.4,Python2.5,Python2.6 and Python3.  But each project based on
> each version of Python would be included under that virtualenv.
>   

Why do you think so?

In fact that's the whole point of virtual environment that
you can have multiple *different* environments for the
*same* Python in parallel but isolated from each other.

This is extremely useful for development environments
in particular.

Raphael


> Something like:
>
> sandbox2.5 -
>    oship
>    proj1
>    proj2
>
> sandbox2.6 - 
>    oship
>    proj1
>
> etc.  
>
> This lets you reuse consistent environments. 
>
>   

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