A lot of digital ink has been expended in recounting the ongoing
Python packaging saga, which is now in its fourth installment
(earlier articles: landscape survey, visions and unification, and pip-conda convergence). Most of that
covered conversations that
took place in November and the discussion largely settled down over the
holidays, but it picked up again with a packaging-strategy
thread that started in early January. That thread was based on the results
of a user survey about packaging that was meant to help guide the Python Packaging Authority (PyPA)
and other interested developers, but the guidance provided was somewhat
ambiguous—leading to lots more discussion.