Yes, I hear you. pip is a great tool and has been around for quite a long time. But for 3 years or so, people (contributors) have been looking for a way to enhance our packages management experience. Think about the superpowers of a npm (or better, yarn) in your favorite tool.
What they propose is (more or less) a replacement for the age-old requirements.txt
file : the Pipfile.
The new Pipfile differs from the old-style requirements file is several ways :
- It uses TOML syntax to allow more configuration;