I think this has become a meme. It's true that people have made a lot of different ways to install Python packages. Each of these people has an axe to grind a

I think this has become a meme. It's true that people have made a lot of different ways to install Python packages. Each of these people has an axe to grind and they have supporters who are trying to boost their preferred solution and keep people away from the others. That part really is a mess. The standard virtualenv+pip has always been rock solid for me. Maybe this is because I do all my development inside virtualenvs and I only ever use pip inside a venv. And I run Linux, though I do ship my Python code to a fleet of servers. Sometimes I think maybe this Python-ecosystem-is-horrible stuff comes from people who are trying to steer people away from Python towards their preferred language.