Hi , I noticed quite a bunch of submit requests to python packages such as https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/919833 (pip) and https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/919826 (ipython) For the sake of sanity. Please don't add Yet Another Way of Flavor Switching to the Python world on openSUSE distros, especially not in a way that makes the specfiles even more complicated than they already are. The python-rpm-macros support for update-alternatives works. It is not great, but it is the best thing we have so far. Am 02.06.21 um 09:40 schrieb Adam Majer:
Hi all,
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The second issue that comes up is inability to actually manage preferences on a user level. Imagine you have all editors installed on a multi-user system. The user cannot specify their preferences and must bypass update-alternatives and resort to manual symlink hackery in ~/.bin or similar.
Python users are recommended to use virtual environments for such preferences on the user level. Adding yet another distribution specific way does not help to clear up the jungle. - Ben