[cogman10]

> what makes this so difficult to solve in Python?

I think the answer is the same thing that makes it difficult to make a good package manager for C++.

When a language doesn't start with decent package management, it becomes really hard to retrofit a good one later in the lifespan of that language. Everyone can see "this sucks" but there's simply no good route to change the status quo.

I think Java is the one language I've seen that has successfully done the switch.

[Kwpolska]

Java, C#, JavaScript (node) all disagree. If the Python core team wanted good packaging, they could have done it ages ago. Sure, a good solution might not be applicable for past Python versions, but they aren’t doing anything to make it any better.