[Python-Dev] PEP 405 (pyvenv) and system Python upgrades

[Paul Moore]

On 8 May 2012 17:14, Carl Meyer <carl at oddbird.net> wrote:
> I don't think anyone has proposed making symlinks the default on Windows. At
> this point the two options on Windows would be to use the --symlink option
> explicitly, or else to need to run "pyvenv --upgrade" on your envs if you
> upgrade the underlying Python in-place (and there's a breaking
> incompatibility between the new stdlib and the old interpreter, which there
> almost never will be if the past is any indication).
>
> I expect most users will opt for the latter option (equivalent to how
> current virtualenv works, except virtualenv doesn't have an --upgrade flag
> so you have to upgrade manually), but the former is also available if some
> prefer it.
>
> In any case, the situation will be no worse than it is with virtualenv
> today.

That sounds fine. I apologise - I'd got the impression that the
proposal was to make symlinks the default.

Paul.