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How to improve Python packaging, or why fourteen tools are at least twelve too many (chriswarrick.com)
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I stumbled upon this while researching package management options for python, and found it a really interesting read.

I like python as a language but this mess is something that needs to be addressed for me to consider python for future projects. I can't imagine how confusing it must be for new users.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But if I want to add a single new dependency, then I probably don’t want all the rest updated at the same time

[–] coffeewithalex 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That can't be achieved due to dependency compatibility. What if you installed y==1.4, and froze it for a while, and then you install x==3.2, and it depends on y==1.5 or later?

pyproject.toml defines dependency restrictions, so it will be in accordance with that, but the lock file will change every time you add/remove dependencies. Naturally.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t find that behaviour natural unless there is a hard conflict or I request it. So I guess it’s just a philosophical difference that led me to having a bad tint with it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

If you use poetry add it should only update what is necessary, and you can use poetry lock --no-update to lock without updating everything.