On Vi, 03 apr 20, 15:54:31, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > I've been using apt (and friends) to maintain my systems, including > python. Today I discovered the Debian version of the more-itertools > module is on version 4.2.0 and is three years old. Meanwhile, the > version documented on pypi.org is at version 8.2.0, and has at least one > recipe whose arguments are in a different order from the Debian > packaged version (grouper, whose order of arguments changed in version > 6.0.0). This causes problems, as you might imagine, with other modules! > > So... do people generally use pip to maintain their python libraries, > rather than apt? What's the recommended best practices here? Depends on what you want to achieve. There was a recent discussion regarding Ruby gems, the same general principles should apply to Python. https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2020/03/msg00950.html The methods to have separate Python modules and / or version installed might differ. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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