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> One day a minor release of Python is out It is decidedly not true that I want to update my venv for every minor version bump! I deploy to a cloud service w/
by michaericalribo 6y ago
> One day a minor release of Python is out
It is decidedly not true that I want to update my venv for every minor version bump!
I deploy to a cloud service w/ a specific version; my package manager is slow to update; I develop collaboratively using a shared container w/ a fixed version.
Updating shared resources with every new release is not always realistic, and that makes it so that I do need (or at least want) to use a virtualenv.
- dvfjsdhgfv 6y ago> It is decidedly not true that I want to update my venv for every minor version bump! I see your point, but testing against every minor version is a great way to spot potential problems (that you'll need to deal with anyway).
- swiftcoder 6y ago> It is decidedly not true that I want to update my venv for every minor version bump! Until you run into a minor version bump that patches a critical security vulnerability, and then you suddenly may very much want to (and in some corporate environments, have a regulatory requirement to)
- michaericalribo 6y agoThat’s not every minor bump, though, and is worth the extra effort! Also, my use case is 100% non critical from a security standpoint, so I can afford to be careless... your point definitely stands in sensitive environments