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by puller 4572 days ago
What has the author built to replace pip?
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Amen.

Generic algorithm of making things better:

0. Give it a go to fix it oneself first. Really.

1. Failing the previous, raise the perceived deficiency with a specific and workable proposed solution.

2. Failing the previous, indicate what's undesirable and how, and what behavior would be desirable.

3. Failing the previous, put a monetary bounty on the feature, fork the project or live with it. Rewriting from scratch has a 99.99% probability of being several times more work than it seems.

Replied to wrong parent?
Nope. The claim calls out that the author complained without also offering a constructive, alternative solution.
While I don't agree with the author's views, I have to say that he did offer the alternative solution of lxc or vagrant to more fully isolate his python environments.