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Re:Python: Please stop screwing over Linux distros by regularfry on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @09:46AM (#29241087)
This is actually where a BDFL should step in. "We're doing X for Python 5, we're using it to manage the stdlib as well as community packages, everyone get ready because I have decided."
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Re:Python: Please stop screwing over Linux distros by Macha on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @07:41PM (#29248153)
They tried this with pip.

Distros ripped it out.

They added the ensurepip module so users could add it after the fact.

Distros ripped it out too.

Arguably the advantage newer languages like Rust and Go have in this regard is they don't even consider the distro use case - you're going to get static linking and you'd better like it. Whereas Python is from an older era and tries to fit in with the local customs and so gets hammered for its inconsistency

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Re:Python: Please stop screwing over Linux distros by regularfry on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @03:55AM (#29250512)
Yes, and that's fine. Distro python isn't for end users.
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