I think this trend may be limited to fields relying heavily on natively compiled dependencies, which may not even have any python at all. Conda packages can be

I think this trend may be limited to fields relying heavily on natively compiled dependencies, which may not even have any python at all. Conda packages can be C++, Fortran, pretty much anything. That's the main draw for me -- otherwise, I'd stick with pip, which is definitely more mainstream.