Python: Please stop screwing over Linux distros
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A frustrated Alpine Linux maintainer calls out the Python community for its chaotic, fragmented packaging ecosystem. The author argues that tools like pip, poetry, pipenv, conda, and others are designed for developer-centric workflows that ignore the needs of Linux distributions. Despite repeated pleas from Debian, Arch, Alpine, NixOS, FreeBSD, and others, Python upstream has failed to address distro packaging concerns. The author urges the PSF to pick a single packaging standard, commit to it for the long term, and provide strong leadership instead of tolerating endless incompatible solutions.
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