I think this is not a problem specific to python packages, but a general problem of how we compile C/C++ software. There is no concept of packages and compiling

I think this is not a problem specific to python packages, but a general problem of how we compile C/C++ software. There is no concept of packages and compiling one thing often requires installing a -dev package of some other library. The issue is that lack of packaging C/C++ world spreads to all other communities that depend on them.