[Python-Dev] draft PEP: virtual environments

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:47:13 +0000 (UTC)
Vinay Sajip <vinay_sajip at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Antoine Pitrou <solipsis <at> pitrou.net> writes:
> 
> > 
> > It would be even simpler not to process it at all, but install the
> > scripts as-is (without the execute bit) :)
> > 
> 
> Sure, but such an approach makes it difficult to provide a mechanism which is
> easily extensible; for example, with the current approach, it is straightforward
> for third party tools to either easily replace completely, update selectively or
> augment simply the scripts provided by base classes.

I don't understand why a zip file makes this easier (especially the
"update selectively" part).

Regards

Antoine.