[Python-Dev] Status of the built-in virtualenv functionality in 3.3

[Vinay Sajip]

Éric Araujo <merwok <at> netwok.org> writes:


> Oh, let’s not forget naming.  We can’t reuse the module name virtualenv
> as it would shadow the third-party module name, and I’m not fond of
> “virtualize”: it brings OS-level virtualization to my mind, not isolated
> Python environments.

Another possible name would be "isolate":

python -m isolate /project/env

doesn't look too bad. There's no eponymous package on PyPI, and note also that
in addition to the common usage of isolate as a verb, it's also a noun with an
appropriate meaning in this context.

Regards,

Vinay Sajip