[Chicago] Question re virtualenv and production environments

[Brantley Harris]

Not only is virtualenv stable for production use, but I highly recommend
it.  In fact, I'm of the opinion that you, generally, one should *always*
use virtualenv.


On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 12:51 PM, D Mahoney <dan at streemit.net> wrote:

> Greetings, all. I've been using Python for admin scripts and the
> occasional cgi for several years now. In that time I've read about
> virtualenv and played with it briefly, but haven't really explored it very
> deeply.
>
> I just started a new contract gig downtown, and I find myself working on a
> RedHat box with python 2.4 installed (2.4.3). Some of the tasks I'm working
> on would be simplified a bit if I could use a more up-to-date version, like
> maybe 2.7. I'm about ready in install virtualenv on this box for my
> development tasks, but my question is this: once I get my code working and
> ready for production use, would it be an especially bad idea to leave it in
> virtualenv? The machine in question is important enough that I'm really
> leery of taking a chance of screwing up Python by installing a more current
> python incorrectly.
>
> Thoughts?
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