Just to complete my thoughts. Yep, I understand that OS upgrades are under my control. I want to upgrade, why wouldn't I want the enhancements and security of a new release? So, the "Don't upgrade" answer isn't valid.
Pin packages to a specific version. Again, are these newer releases done just to give the devs something to do? Or are there various fixes and enhancements? When would I wish to unpin a package? Creating a venv using a specific python version sounds like an additional step to get where I am now. The OS version changed. So, then I'd try to install an additional version of python using apt. No, thanks, I'm not looking for additional things to dink with. Having a list of the modules in use is great and will save time going forward. I kinda like the idea of --copies I don't mind the extra space needed if I avoid the mess I had trying to upgrade to Trixie. I'm going to create a new install and keep weewx separate from my other website. Until now, I ran them on the same machine for laziness/simplicity sake. SSL certs, mosquitto, DDNS, proxy. I believe weewx now warrants it's own virtual machine. On Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 8:43:23 PM UTC-4 vince wrote: > On Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 7:29:57 AM UTC-7 Tom Keffer wrote: > > > Alternatively, one could create the virtual environment using the --copies > flag: > > python -m venv --copies weewx-venv > > > This will install copies of the Python interpreter instead of symlinking. > Of course, expect it to take up a lot more space. > > > > Just a data point FWIW - this adds about 20MB to the size of the venv, > which isn't bad at all. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/f317e814-b159-44c8-8150-95c3e3bfbfbfn%40googlegroups.com.
