Also, I never asked for a singular packaging vision, but a singular vision for growing, developing and supporting the Python user base that includes packaging (and education, and documentation, and outreach, etc.)
I had hoped that the SC was in a position to provide that vision, but it appears they are not. So we’re looking to some other person/group to pull everything together and find the important priorities.
Right now, honestly, Anaconda is doing it best, giving their users multiple tools, docs, guidance, etc. and actively developing new ways to use Python. Meanwhile, python-dev is looking like mere caretakers of a GitHub repository, and PyPA is trying to put out fires and reconcile massive divergence between ideas that became implementations because the discussions were too hard.[1] I hope we can Discourse our way out of it into something with a bit more focused momentum, but it feels unlikely.
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And before anyone takes offence, I am definitely putting myself in the “caretaker” camp. I have no affiliation with Anaconda, and just get to watch on from the outside while they do all the cool stuff. ↩︎