Question on virtualenv (python) and FreeBSD

[Alfred Perlstein]

On 5/31/14 3:51 PM, Marcus von Appen wrote:
> On, Sat May 31, 2014, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
>
>
>> 3) other?
>>
>> thank you Marcus.
> I won't block the process in either direction here, since I am generally
> pretty indifferent about pulling in sqlite3 as dependency for lang/python. It
> is wide-spread enough that it would end up on a majority of web application
> systems anyway (although most large-scale web apps probably will use a
> scalable database back-end, such as mysql, pg or oracle).
>
> Which brings me to the target group for your request: it'd be (mostly)
> developers, not? Which would bring me to the toolchain script and FAQ and
> responsibility over the dev machines again :-).
>
> [1] https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/intro/install/
Sure, that's how to install it onto the host when using a single version 
of django AND it requires root for that. Virtualenv (once installed) 
lets people install almost all packages as non-root and leaves the worry 
off of the sysadmin.

If you google "django virtualenv" you'll get this list of links:

http://www.jeffknupp.com/blog/2012/02/09/starting-a-django-project-the-right-way/
http://thecodeship.com/deployment/deploy-django-apache-virtualenv-and-mod_wsgi/

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/topics/install/ :
"(optional) Take a look at virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper. These tools 
provide isolated Python environments, which are more practical than 
installing packages systemwide. They also allow installing packages 
without administrator privileges. It’s up to you to decide if you want 
to learn and use them."

http://www.tonido.com/blog/index.php/2013/11/25/working-with-virtualenv-on-django-projects/#.U4phVZRdX2g
https://community.webfaction.com/questions/4253/simple-virtualenv-usage-with-django

I really believe the only blocker is sqlite right now.

What I really want is people to be able to use virtualenv without having 
to switch OS, because the method I recommend is way complex.

Both python and ruby teams are heavily recommending these "virtual 
environments" we should support it out of the box, particularly since 
the change seems very light.

-Alfred