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[Python-Dev] Software integrators vs end users (was Re: Language Summit notes)

Donald Stufft donald at stufft.io
Fri Apr 18 22:51:49 CEST 2014 
On Apr 18, 2014, at 4:50 PM, Donald Stufft <donald at stufft.io> wrote:

> So I’m not really worried about a competition or anything. I’m mostly worried
> about confusion of users. What you’re suggestion we give to use is *two* ways
> to install Python packages (and 2 or 3 ways to virtualize a Python instance).
> That provides extra cognitive burden for people who are new to Python. They
> have to both understand that the packages you install from Conda are different
> than the ones you install from pip, and that they come from different places.
> If a new user is reasonably likely to have to use ``pip install`` when they are
> using pip, then I think that provides a worse experience than only having to
> use one tool to manage your packages. This confusion is going to be worse when
> new users find a library they want to use and it tells them to use
> ``pip install`` (or even easy_install!) even if Anaconda itself has a package
> inside of it.

Typo - When they are using conda.
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Donald Stufft
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