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

[Vinay Sajip]

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> From: Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com>
> 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).

I agree that symlinking should be done wherever possible, but let's remember that it's not just a Python issue: Windows XP does not support true symlinks, but only "junctions" aka "reparse points". Of course, that's no reason not to use true symlinks where they *are* available.