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by sdiacom 1242 days ago
Not disputing that there's a lack of leadership on the matter, but there's also conflicting use-cases: for example, the requirements for the "Python is just a tool that comes with my OS, and if I need any additional modules I'll install them with my OS package manager" mindset, and the "I'm developing a web application with Python and I want an isolated development environment with controlled dependencies" mindset, are quite different.
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> "Python is just a tool that comes with my OS, and if I need any additional modules I'll install them with my OS package manager

Imo this isn't really viable because you will eventually run into version conflicts in the transitive dependencies of your the Python applications you're using/developing on your system, on most operating systems.

The version(s) that ships with an OS should only be used for shipping applications that are themselves part of the OS/distro.