On Monday, 7 October 2019 17:37, Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hin...@fastmail.net> wrote:
> Pierre Neidhardt m...@ambrevar.xyz writes: > > > Konrad Hinsen konrad.hin...@fastmail.net writes: > > > > > Sounds good in principle. I just wonder how many authors (and thus > > > different preferences and use cases) it takes to make this really > > > useful. I note for example that my own use of profiles is rather > > > different from yours: I have per-project profiles for long-term projects > > > whose software I don't want to update regularly to avoid breaking stuff. > > > > Hmmm, this sounds like what I do too! :) > > The main difference is that I don't have all my profiles activated > in normal use, only my main profile plus one project profile. Different > project profiles can contain different versions of the same software, > so activating them together is not a good idea. > > What got me started with this strategy was the need to use > Python 2 and Python 3 in different projects. But then it turned out to > be useful for other software as well. Persistent environments anyone? :) > > Anyways, I'm all for discussing multiple strategies, the more the better! > > Sounds like a good plan! > > Cheers, > Konrad
