request: virtualenv on OSX unrequire Xcode · Issue #168 · pypa/virtualenv (original) (raw)

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1. Xcode now costs money. (and a login at the app store, etc.)
2. venv is best practices
3. I want to teach people best practices right off the bat.

Could there be a solution that installs virtualenv, but doesn't complain about the xcode necessary bits until they are actually needed (i.e., until a c-extension needs to be compiled)? As an alternative, would it make sense to explore a 'minimum xcode install' alternative?

(This has actively bitten me in trying to write/run classes for PyStar.org)