This is exactly my gripe with it all. There's always 10 different solutions to the same problem, often in 10 different packages. Typically, I've seen it come a

This is exactly my gripe with it all. There's always 10 different solutions to the same problem, often in 10 different packages. Typically, I've seen it come about because often package creators have no interest in maintaining their invention. Their PR list is huge, all the tickets are just questions about "why isn't my PR merged?". So someone else creates an alternate or a fork, but so does everyone else. I don't think anyone _wants_ a thousand packages, but there's a disconnect or miscommunication that's holding us all back.