pip/pip3 confusion and keeping up to date

[Karsten Hilbert]

Am Sun, Nov 05, 2023 at 03:00:41PM +0000 schrieb Chris Green via Python-list:

> >   * contact every single maintainer of every single one of the packages
> >     that needs updating and persuade them to update their packages and
> >     reassure them that you are getting all the other package maintainers
> >     to update their packages accordingly and that you have a plan and
> >     that you know what you're doing
> >
> >   ... screen fades to black, title card "3 years later", fade in to ...
> >
> >   * publish your package
> >
> Surely it's not that bad, the vast bulk of Debian, Ubuntu and other
> distributions are installed via systems that sort out dependencies once
> given a particular package's requirements.  Python is surely not
> unique in its dependency requirements.

Oh, Debian does just fine in resolving dependencies it knows
about within its .deb package universe. The problem arises
when there's unpackaged modules required. The only answer
seems to be to package such modules oneself.

If that's been conquered a venv isn't even needed anymore.

Karsten
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