[goodpoint]

> Of course we, like all other python projects, don't support using other dependency versions then the ones in the requirements.txt file.

That's really bad. You should always support reasonable version ranges.

> when someone just uses a different minor version of django, stuff breaks

That's why some people say that managing dependencies in Python is difficult and move to statically compiled languages.

[SuperSandro2000]

> That's why some people say that managing dependencies in Python is difficult and move to statically compiled languages.

Yes, completely agreeing with that.

[pxc]

It's not even really about static compilation. NixOS (and many Linux distros) include tons of dynamically linked C applications that just do a way, way better job of compatibility. Imagine if GNU grep were as fussy about only being built against 1 version of glibc as many Python libraries and applications seem to be about their dependencies.

[goodpoint]

I don't.

[lolinder]

What makes you think that the versions specified in the requirements.txt aren't reasonable ranges? All OP is saying is that if you're outside the version ranges in requirements.txt then you're outside the supported range. It's literally in the name of the file—requirements.

[goodpoint]

> What makes you think that the versions specified in the requirements.txt aren't reasonable ranges?

Because that's what the parent wrote.