[nsteel]

What we have now, a load of different people developing a load of new (better!) tools, is surely what the PyPA had in mind when they developed their tooling standards. This is all going to plan. We've gotten new features and huge speedups far quicker this way.

I don't like changing out and learning new tools constantly, but if this is the cost of the recent rapid tooling improvements then it's a great price.

And best of all, it's entirely optional. You can even install it other ways. What exactly was your point here?