Python itself is not a mess, the packaging part of Python is. However, Python is also one of the oldest programming languages still in use and one of the first

Python itself is not a mess, the packaging part of Python is. However, Python is also one of the oldest programming languages still in use and one of the first to have the concept of installable dependencies (easy_install). Now it is kinda difficult to fix without breaking something, however I think we eventually will have a solution, like __pypackage__ https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0582/ https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0582/.