Yep. Reminds me of pnpm/npm/yarn. And then of every deprecation of a core pattern with a new™ and shinier™ replacement that lacks essential functionality deemed

Yep. Reminds me of pnpm/npm/yarn. And then of every deprecation of a core pattern with a new™ and shinier™ replacement that lacks essential functionality deemed "a useless edge-case nobody uses because analytics say so". Is it really a drop-in replacement for pip? If it's so that's great, then why not also officially replace pip?