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		zahlman 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Using uv as your shebang line Not really; it can just symlink the base executable and make a few folders and scripts. `$ python -m venv --without-pip test-venv && du -sh test-venv 56K test-venv`

dragonwriter 11 months ago [–]

Conceptually, a venv has its own executable.

Physically, that can just be a symlink to the system python (or another version that is still potentially shared with multiple venvs.)

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