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I often find it takes about 10 minutes of my time to package your average python package into nix, or 1 minute if its pyproject.toml based (uv/poetry projects!.

by zxexz 1y ago

I often find it takes about 10 minutes of my time to package your average python package into nix, or 1 minute if its pyproject.toml based (uv/poetry projects!. There is a long tail though (cough weasyprint cough).

gf000 1y ago
That's mostly just a tooling issue/a paradigm mismatch. Python's package management is notoriously bad, so it sorta makes sense that it won't fit as nicely with Nix.
- throwaway314155 1y ago
  > Python's package management is notoriously bad, so it sorta makes sense that it won't fit as nicely with Nix This sort of thing is immaterial to users of Nix/Python who just want it to do the god damn thing it's supposed to do.
- ted_dunning 1y ago
  "just a tooling issue/a paradigm mismatch" is how many people pronounce "bad UX".