Virtualenv 20.0.0 Released

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Post by jorshman » Mon, Feb 10, 2020, 3:08 PM UTC

Virtualenv 20.0.0 Released
virtualenv.pypa.io

Re: Virtualenv 20.0.0 Released

#2

Post by Nicksil » Mon, Feb 10, 2020, 6:02 PM UTC

Post's link seems to 404. This may be the correct URL: https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/stable/changelog.html

Re: Virtualenv 20.0.0 Released

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Post by ktm5j » Mon, Feb 10, 2020, 6:03 PM UTC

Link is broken. Looks like it should be: https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/changelog.html

instead of:

https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/changelog/

Re: Virtualenv 20.0.0 Released

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Post by takeda » Mon, Feb 10, 2020, 6:04 PM UTC

Any benefits of using this project, virtualenv is now built in in Python 3, and it never was missing anything when I was using it.

Re: Virtualenv 20.0.0 Released

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Post by maccam94 » Mon, Feb 10, 2020, 6:09 PM UTC

This isn't the most readable changelog, the main takeaway is at the bottom: The package has been completely rewritten.

Re: Virtualenv 20.0.0 Released

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Post by downerending » Mon, Feb 10, 2020, 6:34 PM UTC

I've just been using conda environments lately. How much am I missing by not using virtualenv instead?

Re: Virtualenv 20.0.0 Released

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Post by mmebane » Mon, Feb 10, 2020, 7:29 PM UTC

maccam94 wrote: post #5

This isn't the most readable changelog, the main takeaway is at the bottom: The package has been completely rewritten.

This announcement of the 20.0.0 beta is useful for understanding why it was rewritten: https://discuss.python.org/t/virtualenv-20-0-0-beta1-is-avai...

Re: Virtualenv 20.0.0 Released

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Post by Flimm » Mon, Feb 10, 2020, 8:03 PM UTC

takeda wrote: post #4

Any benefits of using this project, virtualenv is now built in in Python 3, and it never was missing anything when I was using it.

venv is shipped with Python 3, not virtualenv, unless I am mistaken.

Re: Virtualenv 20.0.0 Released

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Post by takeda » Mon, Feb 10, 2020, 8:17 PM UTC

Flimm wrote: post #8

takeda wrote: post #4

Any benefits of using this project, virtualenv is now built in in Python 3, and it never was missing anything when I was using it.

venv is shipped with Python 3, not virtualenv, unless I am mistaken.

Yeah, I guess it's called different, but has the same functionality and is a drop-in replacement. I'm surprised there's still development on virtualenv after 2.7 is EOL.

Re: Virtualenv 20.0.0 Released

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Post by seemslegit » Mon, Feb 10, 2020, 9:41 PM UTC

downerending wrote: post #6

I've just been using conda environments lately. How much am I missing by not using virtualenv instead?

Why did you take up conda in the first place ? venv and pip are part of the python project and conda seems to be yet another package manager in the already crowded and shady space of npm, brew, ports apt yum etc. I've always been puzzled at how they managed to shoehorn themselves into the python ecosystem while offering no distinct value as far as I can see.