Bug#978149: ITP: pyenv -- Simple Python version management

[Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>]

On Sat, Dec 26, 2020 at 10:38:40PM +0530, karthek wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: karthek <mail@karthek.com>
> X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, mail@karthek.com
> 
> * Package name    : pyenv
>   Version         : 1.2.21
>   Upstream Author : 2013 Yamashita, Yuu
> * URL             : https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv
> * License         : Expat
>   Programming Lang: shell script
>   Description     : Simple Python version management
> 
>  pyenv lets you easily switch between multiple versions of Python. It's 
>  simple, unobtrusive, and follows the UNIX tradition of single-purpose 
>  tools that do one thing well.
>  pyenv does:
> 	* Let you change the global Python version on a per-user basis.
> 	* Provide support for per-project Python versions.
> 	* Allow you to override the Python version with an environment
> 	* variable.
> 	* Search commands from multiple versions of Python at a
> 	  time. This may be helpful to test across Python versions with tox.
> 
> It is useful when youre working on a project where they expect you to
> work in a LTS version of some distro (like Ubuntu LTS) and they dont
> bother mainataining aompatibility with newer python versions.
> 
> I plan to mantain it and need a sponsor

I see that #978476 has been closed; are you still thinking of
packaging this?  I'm not clear why this would be helpful in Debian,
better than, say, using a virtual env or chroot?  If you're working in
a LTS version of some distro, surely you're better off in a chroot
anyway, as that gives you the exact setup of the distro you're working
in.

Best wishes,

   Julian