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Over the past several months, there have been wide-ranging discussions in
the Python community about difficulties users have with installing packages
for the language. There is a bewildering array of options for
package-installation tools and Python distributions focused on particular use
cases (e.g. scientific computing); many of those options do not
interoperate well—or at all—so they step on each others’ toes.
The discussions have focused on where solutions might be found to make it
easier on users, but lots of history and entrenched use cases need to be
overcome in order to get there—or even to make progress in that direction.