[CentOS-devel] python3-virtualenv missing from CentOS Stream 9

On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 7:29 AM Miro Hrončok <mhroncok at redhat.com> wrote:
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> On 28. 07. 21 22:16, Ken Dreyer wrote:
> > python3-virtualenv is not in the CentOS Stream 9 composes.
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> Yes, python-virtualenv has been removed from RHEL/CentOS Stream 9.
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> The supported replacement is https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html
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> I plan to maintain tox+virtualenv in EPEL 9 (Next) as soon as it is possible.

Umm... Why, when venv is built into the basic python packages and works so well?