After switching to python 3.4.3 from 2.7.9 (which was quite simple), I often wish to test some of my scripts with python 2.7.9 before sharing them with colleagues. I am using a OSX yosemite platform with everything compiled from homebrew. The situation was quite ugly (setting PATHes and PYTHONPATH at each step) - until I discovered pyenv which does this very easily and is easily installed using homebrew. So far, so good. However, now that I am using this version of python, it does not necessarily play well with that of homebrew. Moreover, I found that I could switch back to the system's python, and more generally that pyenv could access that: $ pyenv versions system 2.7.9 * 3.4.3 (set by /usr/local/var/pyenv/version) but how could I also add entries for the pythons compiled by homebrew? Continue reading...
