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Exactly agreed on that. I don't understand what value distribution is providing by repackaging python libs, they re always way too old to be usable, and they re
by dgan 5y ago
Exactly agreed on that.
I don't understand what value distribution is providing by repackaging python libs, they re always way too old to be usable, and they re global while I work on many projects, with their own incompatible requirements.
Maybe I am dumb, but I exclusively use virtualenv and pip..
- avidphantasm 5y agoI agree with this for pure Python libraries. However, as soon as you get into things that bind to C libraries (Numpy, GDAL, etc.) it quickly becomes much easier to use the package from your distro.
- rlpb 5y ago> I don't understand what value distribution is providing by repackaging python libs... I want to easily and safely use some app my distribution ships. I want to receive security updates automatically for all such apps. I don't care what language it's written in or what its dependencies are. These app packages provided by the distribution have dependencies that are also packaged by the distribution so that dependency resolution works. Since the point of a distribution is that it can run apps, the value is that a distribution works at all.
- dgan 5y agoValid remark. I had "development side" point of view, not "usage"