Its not that Python packaging doesn't work, or that it is impossible to automate, but whatever you do it requires nontrivial time and effort to get right. The

Its not that Python packaging doesn't work, or that it is impossible to automate, but whatever you do it requires nontrivial time and effort to get right. The point is that the static binary created by go is a single file that you copy into place and run. It is a lot simpler.