> I think the answer is to not have a flavour du jour. Pick one, crown it the winner, document it well and give it some time. It has been done with distutils:

> I think the answer is to not have a flavour du jour. Pick one, crown it the winner, document it well and give it some time. It has been done with distutils: it has been around for more than a decade. The result is the ecosystem that you are complaining about.