Incompatible idioms: relative imports, top-level program file

[Rustom Mody]

On Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 8:43:44 AM UTC+5:30, Rustom Mody wrote:
> There is on the one hand python modules/packages mechanism with all the 
> hell of dozens of incompatible versions of setuptools/distribute/distutils etc.
> 
> On the other there is the OS-specific practices/policy such as
> https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/python-policy/
> 
> And the dark unexplored territory in between.
> [Its a research project to figure out clashes between pip and apt]
> 

Small example of this which I just tried.
Wanted to try out sympy.
apt-install promised ¼ GB download, ¾ GB space usage

Just getting a src-tarball was: 6M download, 30M after opening the tar.

Sure the full stuff with tex fonts and all may be pretty.
But does not seem necessary to push it down everyone's throat unless 
needed/desired