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Back in the days we had the .eggs directory in python it worked fairly well except for binary packages so we got virtual environments.
by wirrbel 4y ago
Back in the days we had the .eggs directory in python it worked fairly well except for binary packages so we got virtual environments.
- coldtea 4y agoWhat was the problem with binary packages for .eggs? Because, iirc, npm does handle e.g. .so files in packages that are based on C/C++ code, and puts them and everything else in the same, relocatable even (another pain point with virtualenvs), .node_modules directory.