Entries published on April 25, 2018

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Let’s talk about packages

Recently the Python community got to celebrate the triumphant launch of the new Python Package Index. It’s been a long time coming, and the folks who made it happen all deserve a round of applause.

PyPI is an incredibly important piece of infrastructure for the Python community, and if you use Python you probably use PyPI, directly or indirectly, on a daily basis, and many different sites, services, and companies rely heavily on it.

But: if you rely on PyPI, how often do you think about that reliance? What would you do if an incompatible version of one of your …

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