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		fniephaus on April 18, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Remote code execution, git, and OS X Of course you can also use virtualenv, but if Apple kept software that ships with OS X up-to-date I wouldn't have to deal with this at all.

cname on April 18, 2016 [–]

It seems like this is an issue with most operating systems. Regarding Python in particular, RedHat/CentOS seems particularly "bad".

My take is that the OS-installed tools, such as git or Python, are generally for use by the system and not for use by me for software development.

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