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

[Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>]

On Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 05:22:46PM +0530, karthek wrote:
>   I see that #978476 has been closed; are you still thinking of
>   packaging this?
> 
> Yes
> 
>     I'm not clear why this would be helpful in Debian,
>   better than, say, using a virtual env or chroot? 
> 
> It gives you the freedom of having multiple python versions(not different module
> versions) with easy switching 
> 
>   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.
> 
> Chroot , debootstrap are only required when we need a completely new system but
> not when we only need to use multiple different python versions for different
> projects
> And they don't give you the python version you want , we have to install them
> manually.

That makes sense, then.  Good luck packaging this!

Best wishes,

   Julian