On Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 05:22:46PM +0530, karthek wrote: > I see that #978476 has been closed; are you still thinking of > packaging this? > > Yes > > I'm not clear why this would be helpful in Debian, > better than, say, using a virtual env or chroot? > > It gives you the freedom of having multiple python versions(not different > module > versions) with easy switching > > If you're working in > a LTS version of some distro, surely you're better off in a chroot > anyway, as that gives you the exact setup of the distro you're working > in. > > Chroot , debootstrap are only required when we need a completely new system > but > not when we only need to use multiple different python versions for different > projects > And they don't give you the python version you want , we have to install them > manually.
That makes sense, then. Good luck packaging this! Best wishes, Julian