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by scbrg 1476 days ago
> Turn them into two-file scripts, or have a readme, or just let it fail because supporting every single version of Python is insane.

The point is obviously to let if fail, but clearly explain why it fails. This is obviously not meant for software distributed to users that are proficient in Python.

I guess it's useful for the kind of scripts you write and post in pastebin, or share on a web forum or whatever. Think a wrapper script that downloads and patches Wine so that it can run a certain exe or whatever. These users have never heard of pip, and you don't want to publish this stuff to pypi anyway. You just want to post it in a code block on forums.obscureindiegame.com so the three Linux users there can join the effin' game already!

Or so I would guess. Never felt a need for something similar myself.