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ELI5 Using python virtual environment in docker container. (programming.dev)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by alexdeathway@programming.dev to c/python@programming.dev
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I read some articles about using a virtual environment in Docker. Their argument are that the purpose of virtualization in Docker is to introduce isolation and limit conflicts with system packages etc.

However, aren't Docker and Python-based images (e.g., python:*) already doing the same thing?

Can someone eli5 this whole thing?

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[โ€“] uthredii@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sure, but in the case where you upgrade python and it affects python packages it would affect global packages and a venv in the same way.

[โ€“] sweng@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

Sure If that happens. But it may also not. Which is actually usually the case. Sure, it's not 100% safe, but it is safer.