brettcannon/python-launcher
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Python launcher for Unix
4 mentions on Hacker News by 2 people: 0 stories, 4 comments · first 2023-01-22 · latest 2025-04-05
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If I understood correctly: you may also be interested in https://github.com/brettcannon/python-launcher (by one of the core Python devs). Although that specifically targets Linux. On Windows, the provided launcher is already aware of venvs…
comment by zahlman · 2025-04-05 · in Show HN: Automatic Python shebang lines for venv and conda environment finding -
…but there are enough fringe benefits that a core dev wants to bring it to Linux/Mac too ( https://github.com/brettcannon/python-launcher ).
comment by zahlman · 2025-02-19 · in PEP 486 – Make the Python Launcher aware of virtual environments (2015) -
…Cannon (a core developer) has done some work on a universal (i.e. not just Windows) "launcher" ( https://github.com/brettcannon/python-launcher ) which can automatically detect and use the project's venv if you create it in the right place…
comment by zahlman · 2024-12-15 · in Problems with Python dependency management -
…specific about what Python interpreter to use. For example using the python launcher for Linux ( https://github.com/brettcannon/python-launcher ). Looking through the docs of pdm, Hatch or Poetry, I can't really find a definitive answer if…
comment by ivoflipse · 2023-01-22 · in Thoughts on the Python packaging ecosystem