Post #1834518
2026-04-18 17:11 UTC
I should mention that the redirect file solution was directly inspired by @simon to solve his "I keep my code in cloud backup directory, so I don't want my venv backed up as well" problem which is known as the "Simon Willison Problem" in my head (and I was **so** tempted to brand that term in the PEP)
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@freakboy3742@cloudisland.nz 2026-04-18 23:07
@brettcannon I’m all for ragging @simon for the problems he causes (love you mate!) but isn’t this same thing that virtualenvwrapper and Conda both require? i.e., venvs are stored in a separate directory that isn’t in my project folder? (For the record, when I read that part of the PEP, I yelled “hell yeah”. My venvs often span multiple projects; a redirect file is an awesome solution)