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When Python was originally designed disk space was precious, and access to the Internet was rare, and its dependency management was designed for that world. Its
by pornel 3y ago
When Python was originally designed disk space was precious, and access to the Internet was rare, and its dependency management was designed for that world. Its multiple retrofitted package managers never fully fixed it.
However, better integrated package managers can work well. In case of Node.js and Cargo, the main argument against them is that it's too easy to add dependencies.
- throwawaymaths 3y agoFundamentally the problem with python is that it's packages are global and every workaround except ~docker can't fix it except in a hacky way since the package resolution is specified in the language
- zaphirplane 3y agoTell us more, cause it’s not a problem I know
- throwawaymaths 3y agoTry installing two pieces of software that depend on two different versions of tensorflow, then come back here.
- zaphirplane 3y agoI can install multiple python interpreters side by side each with independent packages and I can install different versions of the same python package for the same interpreter. I haven’t tried or had a need, by induction sounds possible :shrug:
- throwawaymaths 3y agoTensorflow wheels are bound to cuda installation which is driver/sudo level. It's a nightmare.