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One word - isolation. One issue with using your system's packaging system is that a lot of system utilities are written in Python which makes it harder to play
by infinite8s 11y ago
One word - isolation.
One issue with using your system's packaging system is that a lot of system utilities are written in Python which makes it harder to play around with new versions, bleeding edge libs, etc.
- destroythecore 11y agoVirtualenv is pretty good for isolation.
- 0pt1c 11y agoI use pyenv on my Mac https://github.com/yyuu/pyenv https://github.com/yyuu/pyenv
- infinite8s 11y agoNot for binary packages, which usually end up requiring libraries installed into /user/local (and let's not get started about the mess that is Python binary deployment on Windows).