[Live-demo] [OSGeo] #1047: Python applications should use virtualenv

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#1047: Python applications should use virtualenv
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 Reporter:  schpidi  |       Owner:  live-demo@…              
     Type:  task     |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  normal   |   Milestone:  OSGeoLive7.0             
Component:  LiveDVD  |    Keywords:  virtualenv Python        
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Comment(by hamish):

 in all cases where a debian package and a custom version are in conflict,
 the debian package wins, or the custom package is rebuilt as a newer
 versioned .deb so that there is no more conflict.

 if there is is a debian package of something installed by something else,
 there will be much grumpiness from the management if another version of
 the same thing ends up on the filesystem without explicit version numbers
 in the filenames.

 if a debian package exists, there will be debian packaging scripts
 available at http://packages.debian.org/<package name> which can in most
 cases be used with a one or two liner with the newer version of the code.
 I would strongly discourage this for library functions though, as other
 packages will (quite legitimately) expect the official version to be there
 by that name.

 the dpkg packaging system exists to help us, don't bypass it.


 thanks,
 Hamish

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