PEP 582 - Python local packages directory

Sad to read the PEP was rejected but on the bright side, the SC gives lots of useful and actionable advice on how could be it improved. Namely:

  • More technical discussion on how this interacts with other sys.path mangling mechanisms.
  • More discussion on “progressive enhancement” or a transition path to other environment management methods (if needed?!).
  • More “social proof” that “the community” (and not only the people that happen to be engaged in this Discourse?) (although maybe not all the community, but a piece of it, namely beginners) would find this valuable, useful, and a net improvement over existing methods.
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