Visual studio code python language server is downloaded every time?

Question

Every time I open a python file in visual studio code after system reboot or shutdown it downloads the language server which is roughly 30 MB, so I'm asking if there is a way to make it do the download only once?

I'm running visual studio code 1.35.1 on an Ubuntu 16.04.

Answer 1

The language server is downloaded after each upgrade of the Python extension for VS Code and when the language server receives an independent update.

If you don't want to download any file, you can switch to Jedi with the setting "python.jediEnabled": true.