On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 3:02 PM, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It would buy *me* flexibility to use python.org build of Python, or my > own builds. And not to have to wait for conda to release a build of a > new version. you are perfectly free to make your own conda package of python -- it's not that hard. In fact, that's one of the key benefits of conda's approach -- conda manages python itself, so you can easily have a conda environment for the latest development release of python. of, for that matter, just build python from source inside an environment. ANd if you want to build a custom python package, you don't even need your own recipe: https://github.com/conda-forge/python-feedstock/tree/master/recipe and conda can provide all the dependencies for you too :-) > Of course, I have specialised needs, so that's not an > important consideration for the conda developers. > True -- though the particular need of using a custom-compiled python is actually pretty well supported! Caveat: I've never tried this -- and since conda itself uses Python, you may break conda if you install a python that can't run conda. But maybe not -- conda could be smart enough to use its "root" install of python regardless of what python you have in your environment. in fact, I think that is the case. when I am in an activated conda environment, the "conda" command is a link to the root conda command, so Im pretty sure it will use the root python to run itself. -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov
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