Function requiresVirtualEnv

pkg/python/python.go:449–452

requiresVirtualEnv returns true for runtimes that require a virtual environment to be created before pip install. We cannot use Python per-user site-packages (https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0370/), because Python 3.7 and 3.8 on App Engine and Cloud Functions have a virtualenv set up that disabl

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	}
	return !t.After(time.Now())
}

// requiresVirtualEnv returns true for runtimes that require a virtual environment to be created before pip install.
// We cannot use Python per-user site-packages (https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0370/),
// because Python 3.7 and 3.8 on App Engine and Cloud Functions have a virtualenv set up
// that disables user site-packages. The base images include a virtual environment pointing to
// a directory that is not writeable in the buildpacks world (/env). In order to keep