Richard Jones: The Future of Python Packaging

One of the reasons for Python‘s popularity is the large number of open-source packages available for it. Many come with Python, in the standard library. Others are available online, especially at PyPI, the Python Packaging Index, which as of this writing has nearly 60,000 different packages — and the number keeps growing every day.

However, Python has a number of different packaging libraries and standards, and this has long caused some confusion among Python developers. In this talk, Richard Jones introduces the topic and then describes the current state of affairs in Python packaging.

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