I do not use venv because the instance I have of Cygwin is only for one task so there is no compatibility issues. I removed all other 3.x versions I could except 3.12. I do not need or want to make this any more complicated than it needs to be and am not even sure I could use a venv in my use case.
Also for Python 3.12 is there any way to get the Cryptography module (some rust issue?) running so I can pip install the latest version of Ansible and related tools (or at least something newer than 2.8)?? I am looking to use Cygwin strictly to run the Ansible checking and vault functions that are needed for Visual Studio Code Ansible plugins. ________________________________________ From: Cygwin <[email protected]> on behalf of Soren via Cygwin <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2025 13:40 To: Dave Trombley Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Irritating artifacts of the python variety CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Dave Trombly replied to me with: You will likely break things if you link the system 'pip' like that, the tools installed on the system are not in the default path for a reason. ... Please strongly consider using virtual environments when doing any sort of Python development - this is near universal / standard now. This way, you will be running the tools (including pip) located in your venv, and not the site-installed tools. I'll take your recommendation very seriously, I appreciate the advice. In this case, I will humbly point out, I wasn't really doing python development (but I will in the future) -- I was just trying to install a relatively simple script. I'm spoiled by Perl: "Keep simple things simple and make difficult things possible." :-) -- Soren 'tino -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
