Fed up with Python setup and packaging? Try a shot of Rye

As a developer who has dealt with the problems of Python bootstraping and distribution (https://xkcd.com/1987/), I have great hopes for Rye.

However I fear it will just become another option among many (https://xkcd.com/927/).

It's rather ironic that for all of the zen of Python's ideas (https://peps.python.org/pep-0020/), Python bootstraping and distribution fails hard on "There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it."

In this regard, the reality for Python more closely matches Perl's slogan: “There's More Than One Way To Do It!” (https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3394).

Will have to try out Rye this weekend.