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Re:Traps for the Unwary in Python’s Import System on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @05:58PM (#32502246)
There are file system packages (with __init__.py) and PyPI packages.

The former are an extremely poor version of Lisp packages, OCaml modules or C++ name spaces.

The latter are distribution packages (even for distribution packages C++ has Conan etc.).

PyPI packaging gets even worse than usual when attempting to distribute a file system package.