you'd think herd mentality might help it but it only creates more packaging solutions.
Now days, I've stopped using python outside of tiny scripts and I will never touch it for a large project.
There is exactly one thing I miss from Python packaging tools: developer mode. I can factor out parts of an application into a library and develop both at the same time by installing the library in editable mode and pointing to the library's local directory. This is something I've always wanted but never had in every other language I know. Only god knows how much time I spent trying to do exactly this with git submodules.
https://pkgdocs.julialang.org/v1/managing-packages/#developi...
It’s packaging tool is top notch. Maybe because it’s developed as a core part of the language.
> Maybe because it’s developed as a core part of the language.
Always thought it was strange how libraries and packaging never seem to be considered part of the language. My favorite example is Scheme: a beautifully minimal language but with no library support and the result was endless fragmentation due to unportable implementations.