❦ 6 octobre 2020 12:32 +03, Jyrki Pulliainen: > Now, python3.8-venv contains the ensurepip module. But to me it is very > unclear if python3.8-venv is going to disappear? It also makes depending on > these packages generally a lot more brittle: I'd rather depend on > python3-venv than python3.8-venv. We are not depending on the > /usr/bin/pyvenv binary, but executing the module with "python -m venv", so > it does not matter if the python3-venv just drops the binary. > > Could you please clarify what is going to be removed, which packages are > going to stay?
>From my understanding, only the pyvenv command will disappear. Doko, why is python3.x-venv a separate package? It seems `python3 -m venv` doesn't work without the ensurepip module shipped in `python3.x-venv`. python3-venv package was useful to pull the dependencies to get a working venv module. Can we either keep the python3-venv as a metapackage for this purpose and integrate back the ensurepip module (300 bytes) into libpython3.x-stdlib? Thanks. -- Use the good features of a language; avoid the bad ones. - The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plauger)