[question] conanfile.py virtualenvs

[nrbnlulu]

What is your question?

What if a conanfile.py on another package uses a python dependency that clashes with mine?

Have you read the CONTRIBUTING guide?

• I've read the CONTRIBUTING guide

[memsharded]

Hi @nrbnlulu

Conan recipes conanfile.py shouldn't be installing Python dependencies at all. It is ok for some recipes to use the system_requirements() and SystemPackageTool to call the system package manager like apt and install some system package. It shouldn't be common but can be done, some packages in ConanCenter do it.

But Python packages are a different story, they should not be installed from Conan recipes, and then, it is impossible that they would be colliding or conflicting. There is some initiative in #11601, that we will continue working on after 2.0 stabilizes and Conan 2.X backlog starts to flow, that could help with this, but at the moment it is not recommended.

[nrbnlulu]

OK, Thanks!