# PEP 582 - Python local packages directory

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-582-python-local-packages-directory/963>\
**Category:** Packaging\
**Created:** [March 1, 2019, 1:52am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-582-python-local-packages-directory/963 "2019-03-01T01:52:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![dholth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/dholth/32/952_2.png) [@dholth](https://discuss.python.org/u/dholth)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-582-python-local-packages-directory/963/239 "2022-11-21T18:59:25Z")

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I am still excited about PEP 582 pypackages. venvs are an ugly hack, but we have grown accustomed to them over time. We benefit from a system that reifies the application written in Python in contrast to the Python interpreter that happens to have a set of packages installed inside it.

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