Python packaging’s complexities are difficult to attribute to any single cause. But path dependency, extremely broad adoption, and social conventions with the Python community (which has historically preferred standards over picking single tools) are all contributing factors.
Most of these aspects have significantly improved over the last decade, at least for the standard packaging ecosystem. I don’t know about Conda, which has always been its own separate thing.
Most of these aspects have significantly improved over the last decade, at least for the standard packaging ecosystem. I don’t know about Conda, which has always been its own separate thing.