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virtualenv
Raised as a usability problem by 10 people on Hacker News over 11 years (2011–2021), in 10 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Bare virtualenv requires working out how it fits with other Python toolsUnreviewed
20112026- Forced to use virtualenv, making simple tasks require extra handling2019-06-07
- Bare virtualenv requires figuring out how it works with other Python tooling2018-04-30
- Virtualenv is too cumbersome to use easily, and Python setup was a headache every time2018-02-05
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 10 complaints
- Packages installed to user site can't be seen inside a virtualenv; default setting seems backwards2021-02-04
- Forced to use virtualenv, making simple tasks require extra handling2019-06-07
- Setup is a long painful trial and error session that ends unstable2018-04-30
- Bare virtualenv requires figuring out how it works with other Python tooling2018-04-30
- Virtualenv is too cumbersome to use easily, and Python setup was a headache every time2018-02-05
- Virtualenv is not relocatable, so deploy scripts need sed to fix paths2017-01-23
- Forgetting to activate a virtualenv causes confusing errors later in development2016-08-14
- Stateful activate script confuses beginners and causes nasty deployment script problems2013-02-18
- Setup fails with cryptic pip errors caused by a hidden path-space problem2012-10-01
- Couldn't figure out how to push directories or make virtualenvs relocatable2011-08-17