[Python-Dev] PEP 405 (pyvenv) and system Python upgrades (original) (raw)

Vinay Sajip vinay_sajip at yahoo.co.uk
Sat May 5 10:38:28 CEST 2012

Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan gmail.com> writes:

Personally, I expect that "always update your virtual environment binaries after updating the system Python to a new point release" will itself become a recommended practice when using virtual environments.

Of course, the venv update tool will need to only update environments which were set up with the particular version of Python which was updated. ISTM pyvenv.cfg will need to have a version=X.Y.Z line in it, which is added during venv creation. That information will be used by the tool to only update specific environments.

Regards,

Vinay Sajip

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