Add support for Linux to the python task (Pyenv)

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Add support for Linux to the python task (Pyenv)

pior opened this issue 6 years ago · comments

Pior Bastida commented 6 years ago

The python task installs pyenv with Homebrew if it's not already installed.

This will fail on linux.

Mathieu Leduc-Hamel · Answer 1 · Sat Dec 08 2018 05:31:49 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

As discussed IRL:

Let's:

on macOS: install pyenv with homebrew.
on linux: fail and send a message to tell the user how we would suggest they should install pyenv.

Éric · Answer 2 · Sat Dec 08 2018 05:42:04 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

What about looking for the Pythons installed by the OS?
I never need to use pyenv.

Mathieu Leduc-Hamel · Answer 3 · Sat Dec 08 2018 05:44:25 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

If you're add a specific requirement for the python version, something like:

up:
  - python: 3.6.5

We could hope the os would give us this specific version but there's close to chance it would work

Pior Bastida · Answer 4 · Sat Dec 08 2018 05:48:18 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

So I guess this suggestion is linked to #199, which says that we should not over-specify the python version.

We should discuss this. We need to consider:

how to make DevBuddy super useful on Linux
keep compatibility with Shopify Dev

Éric · Answer 5 · Tue Nov 05 2019 23:46:12 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Counter-point to my idea of using system Python: debian/ubuntu Python maintainer backport patches, so «Python X.Y.Z» is not an exact spec, and local behaviour may not match CI or server environment. Using pyenv/pythonz is needed for reproducibility.

【For context, I am finally testing bud on a personal project; makefiles are awful, and a collection of shell scripts isn’t great either (lots of copying + shell code is bad + doesn’t work for people with Mac). To start quickly I wanted to avoid pyenv, as I am quite happy with system python and virtualenvwrapper, but it is not proving easy.】