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I have read on occasion that pyenv seems to be woefully unmaintained. Is that true? Is it a good move to learn using poetry instead. Another observation I have

I have read on occasion that pyenv seems to be woefully unmaintained. Is that true? Is it a good move to learn using poetry instead. Another observation I have is that although pip installs in environment are sanitized, they share a global cache (or tarball dump under .cache/ e.g). Is there any way, pip packages can be further compartmentalized? Is there any merit to pipx that I hear mentioned at times. Thank you for answering

recuter 4y ago
pipx is for installing python scripts as cli tools, as an end user. Say there is a thing called ytb-dlp that lets you download YouTube videos. Instead of creating a virtualenv for it yourself, activating it, pip installing this thing inside it, and then having to cumbersomely use it like that.. pipx install ytb-dlp. It will do all of that for you and put it on your path. > I have read on occasion that pyenv seems to be woefully unmaintained. If that is true, is it a good move to learn using poetry instead. No.
- srvmshr 4y ago
  That explains much better: pipx is basically python cli related ops. Thanks for the ELi5 explanation
masklinn 4y ago
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- srvmshr 4y ago
  > Because... you want more network traffic for no reason? I don't intend separate copies. But having some kind of compartmentalized structure to avoid possible package related issues? For e.g if I had a old defective version or with vulnerability, I don't want it to be broken across any & all workspace re-using it. Thanks for your comment (despite the irritation that I can guess. I presume you expect everyone to understand what you already know in a single stroke. But that seldom happens in real world) To someone unfamiliar with many of these Python configurators - it definitely helps. Thank you for answering.
nomdep 4y ago
You are confusing “pyenv”, a tool to install different python versions, with “pipenv”, replaced by poetry (and similar tools)

recuter 4y ago

pipx is for installing python scripts as cli tools, as an end user. Say there is a thing called ytb-dlp that lets you download YouTube videos. Instead of creating a virtualenv for it yourself, activating it, pip installing this thing inside it, and then having to cumbersomely use it like that.. pipx install ytb-dlp. It will do all of that for you and put it on your path. > I have read on occasion that pyenv seems to be woefully unmaintained. If that is true, is it a good move to learn using poetry instead. No.

srvmshr 4y ago
That explains much better: pipx is basically python cli related ops. Thanks for the ELi5 explanation

masklinn 4y ago

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srvmshr 4y ago
> Because... you want more network traffic for no reason? I don't intend separate copies. But having some kind of compartmentalized structure to avoid possible package related issues? For e.g if I had a old defective version or with vulnerability, I don't want it to be broken across any & all workspace re-using it. Thanks for your comment (despite the irritation that I can guess. I presume you expect everyone to understand what you already know in a single stroke. But that seldom happens in real world) To someone unfamiliar with many of these Python configurators - it definitely helps. Thank you for answering.

nomdep 4y ago

You are confusing “pyenv”, a tool to install different python versions, with “pipenv”, replaced by poetry (and similar tools)