pyenv/pyenv: Simple Python version management (github.com)

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Simple Python [executable] version management, that is.

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[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

When bringing people online from other languages, I first get them to find out what python there is in their environment and go with that if it's recent enough. Then I tell them about pyenv and it's plugins after a bit. Whenever I go straight into installing pyenv, it feels like I'm throwing some one in the deep ocean.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've seen too many issues caused by relying on the system python. For starters, it's much more difficult to fix if you screw something up.

I tell everyone to use pyenv -- but only to install specific versions of python. I then create a primary venv for a couple of versions, and that's what I use as my "system" version. Each project creates a separate venv based on the pyenv versions. I use autoenv to activate and deactivate as needed.

It's a little more setup, but it avoids so much magic, and it's extremely robust.