Change activation call to be a list of commands

[kubouch]

ActivationTester will use a list of strings as the command instead of just a string.

Required to proceed with #2422

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[kubouch]

@gaborbernat Is something like this what you had in mind?

[kubouch]

@gaborbernat Could you please comment whether this approach is what you had in mind when making the activation command a list of strings? Should I continue debugging it to make it work on Windows or is it something else you meant? Reference conversation: #2422 (comment)

[gaborbernat]

Yeah you are on the right path.

[gaborbernat]

@kubouch updates on this?

[kubouch]

I didn't have time to investigate the Windows issue because I had to focus on my actual work but I'd like this to be finished. If you have an idea why it's failing on Windows, that would help a lot.

[gaborbernat]

Not sure sadly.

[gaborbernat]

Seems no longer needed.

[kubouch]

OK, so the activation command being a list is no longer necessary?

[gaborbernat]

Would still be nice to make the change, but seems we can't get it working 👍

[kubouch]

Yeah, it's something related to the Windows paths but I couldn't locate the issue.