> pip wasn't pythons first package-manager, and obviously wasn't it just created with version 1.0. There were already years of history at that point. All the m

> pip wasn't pythons first package-manager, and obviously wasn't it just created with version 1.0. There were already years of history at that point. All the more reason it should have been so much better if it has already had time to learn from & iterate on past efforts. Don't get my wrong, there's plenty of examples of projects ignoring well-known best practices (see the community backlash at Cargo's approach to name spacing or Homebrew loudly ignoring community feedback on FS permissions for 10+ years), but at this stage in 2024 you'd think we'd have gotten a little further than we have.