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P – Dead Simple Interactive Python Version Management

12 points by qw3rtman 11y ago

calpaterson 11y ago
What use cases would this be useful for? Presumably most developers are using tox or virtualenvwrapper to control their python version
- bebna 11y ago
  Came here to ask the same question. Under archlinux python 3 is the default, which breaks scripts who don't specify that their are python 2 only and start with #!/usr/bin/python and not #!/usr/bin/python2. But even there as user I don't see the need for this tool.
  - qw3rtman 11y ago
    Commented above as a reply to @calpaterson; I'll paste the same comment below. > I wrote about this in the FAQ (https://github.com/qw3rtman/p#faqs https://github.com/qw3rtman/p#faqs), but I'll reiterate the main use case below. > p is for the average Python developer who just needs to work with a different version of Python. Suppose one wants to start using the latest development release of Python; they just run `p latest` and p will take care of the rest. > `p` is a wrapper that handles and manages everything for you, simplifying the process for those who aren't familiar with tox or virtualenvwrapper. :)
- erikb 11y ago
  At least Ubuntu can also switch the version of what "python" links to via setting a configuration.
- deleted 11y ago
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- qw3rtman 11y ago
  I wrote about this in the FAQ (https://github.com/qw3rtman/p#faqs https://github.com/qw3rtman/p#faqs), but I'll reiterate the main use case below. p is for the average Python developer who just needs to work with a different version of Python. Suppose one wants to start using the latest development release of Python; they just run `p latest` and p will take care of the rest. `p` is a wrapper that handles and manages everything for you, simplifying the process for those who aren't familiar with tox or virtualenvwrapper. :)
copsarebastards 11y ago
How does this interact with pip?
- qw3rtman 11y ago
  At this point, p makes no attempt to manage pip versions. I have added this feature to the TODO and it will be implemented sometime in the future. Thanks for the suggestion! :)

12 points by qw3rtman 11y ago

What use cases would this be useful for? Presumably most developers are using tox or virtualenvwrapper to control their python version

bebna 11y ago
Came here to ask the same question. Under archlinux python 3 is the default, which breaks scripts who don't specify that their are python 2 only and start with #!/usr/bin/python and not #!/usr/bin/python2. But even there as user I don't see the need for this tool.
- qw3rtman 11y ago
  Commented above as a reply to @calpaterson; I'll paste the same comment below. > I wrote about this in the FAQ (https://github.com/qw3rtman/p#faqs https://github.com/qw3rtman/p#faqs), but I'll reiterate the main use case below. > p is for the average Python developer who just needs to work with a different version of Python. Suppose one wants to start using the latest development release of Python; they just run `p latest` and p will take care of the rest. > `p` is a wrapper that handles and manages everything for you, simplifying the process for those who aren't familiar with tox or virtualenvwrapper. :)
erikb 11y ago
At least Ubuntu can also switch the version of what "python" links to via setting a configuration.
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qw3rtman 11y ago
I wrote about this in the FAQ (https://github.com/qw3rtman/p#faqs https://github.com/qw3rtman/p#faqs), but I'll reiterate the main use case below. p is for the average Python developer who just needs to work with a different version of Python. Suppose one wants to start using the latest development release of Python; they just run `p latest` and p will take care of the rest. `p` is a wrapper that handles and manages everything for you, simplifying the process for those who aren't familiar with tox or virtualenvwrapper. :)

copsarebastards 11y ago

How does this interact with pip?

qw3rtman 11y ago
At this point, p makes no attempt to manage pip versions. I have added this feature to the TODO and it will be implemented sometime in the future. Thanks for the suggestion! :)