# Python Packaging Strategy Discussion - Part 1

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/python-packaging-strategy-discussion-part-1/22420>\
**Category:** Packaging\
**Created:** [January 4, 2023, 11:13am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/python-packaging-strategy-discussion-part-1/22420 "2023-01-04T11:13:19Z")\
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I think we should also consider the practicality of adding all of the required extra features to pip. It would be a massive undertaking and would likely deter contributions (at least I would not want to). Having a tool with the right UX calling tools that specialize (like pip for dependencies) is in my mind orders of magnitude easier and won’t take several years.

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