[Python-ideas] Draft PEP for virtualenv in the stdlib

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:46:00 +1000
Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Ethan Furman <ethan-gcWI5d7PMXnvaiG9KC9N7Q at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > Nick Coghlan wrote:
> >>
> >> The repeated references to copying binaries and Python files
> >> throughout the PEP is annoying, and needs to be justified. Python 3.2+
> >> supports symlinking on Windows Vista and above as well as on *nix
> >> systems, so there needs to be a short section somewhere explaining why
> >> symlinks are not an adequate lightweight solution (pointing out the
> >> fact that creating symlinks on Windows often requires administrator
> >> privileges would be sufficient justification for me).
> >
> > Windows Vista?!?  Death first!  ;)
> >
> > My machines are still using XP -- is that sufficient justification for
> > copying?
> 
> It's justification for supporting it, not necessarily for doing it
> implicitly (although Windows in general is far more tolerant of
> bundling than the various *nix platforms).

Isn't it enough to share the Python DLL? The small Python executable
can be copied around.

Regards

Antoine.