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Re:Managing Python Versions with Pyenv by samwillis on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @08:44AM (#31326389)
It's solving a completely different problem, Pyenv is entirely about managing versions of Python itself, nothing to do with venvs or packages.

Say you need to have a venv but for a specific Python version:

  pyenv install 3.8.5
  pyenv shell 3.8.5
  python -m venv env
  source env/bin/activate
Now your venv is for 3.8.5, and running `source env/bin/activate` will always activate that version within the environment.
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Re:Managing Python Versions with Pyenv by robmsmt on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @09:19AM (#31326758)
why did they call it pyenv when it has nothing to do with python environments, well at least the existing python virtual environment nomenclature
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