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Glad to see this getting discussion. I hate virtualenvs for several of the reasons mentioned in the article - extra state to keep track of, and potentially inst
by actinium226 4y ago
Glad to see this getting discussion. I hate virtualenvs for several of the reasons mentioned in the article - extra state to keep track of, and potentially installing packages to the wrong location if I failed to keep track of it.
I always just force my user packages to work. I usually only use numpy/scipy/matplotlib and occasionally a few others so its not that hard, but some sort of npm like experience would be welcome. I know that many are struggling with these environments.
- randomluck040 4y agoAs someone who has next to no experience with npm, which benefits of npm would you like to see in venv or package management in Python?
- actinium226 4y agoI think the article describes it pretty well, it actually highlighted a few features of npm I wasn't familiar with. But to speak to my own experience, it's convenient that npm installs all the packages you need into a project-local node_modules folder. This eliminates the need for venv. Mostly I just want to see venv eliminated. I really don't like the workflow it requires.