Sina Mobasheri wrote at 2022-2-4 15:55 +0000: >it's not good title defiantly and I don't mean to compare apples and oranges > >when I start using python virtual environment it was because isolation >proposes and everyone say about its benefits in isolation and working with >different versions of the same package in different projects > >but recently I start using pip install --target <package> for >zipapp<https://docs.python.org/3.10/library/zipapp.html#creating-standalone-applications-with-zipapp> > things, and then I use this pip's option (--target) and add its target folder >to PYTHONPATH and target folder's bin directory to PATH, so it's like virtual >environment to me > >I'm curious what is a problem with this approach (edges), what are other >benefits of the virtual environment that this way can't offer? most tutorials >talk about isolation and managing of packages versions but I think maybe it's >more than that maybe?
Usually, PYTHONPATH is global. This can make a problem when you have different applications which require different package versions. Of course, you can use a wrapper for your application which locally sets PYTHONPATH appropriately. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
