Make Jeff feel better about Python packaging

back-in-my-day.py

"""Back in my day, we only needed **one** command. 🧓"""

import runpy
import sys


def run(command):
    sys.argv[0] = command
    runpy.run_module(command, run_name="__main__")


command = sys.argv[1]
args = sys.argv[2:]

match command:
    case "sdist" | "bdist_wheel":
        del sys.argv[1]
        run("build")
    case "install":
        run("pip")
    case "develop":
        sys.argv[1] = "install"
        sys.argv.insert(2, "-e")
        run("pip)")
    case "upload":
        run("twine")
    case "check":
        run("twine")
    case _:
        raise ValueError(f"{command!r} is not a recognized command")

requirements.in

build
twine
pip

Python packaging now focuses on building, distributing, downloading and installing code.
Running commands for other parts of development workflow like test, lint, etc is not in scope.

(And really, what is the need to add a passthrough test command when tox/nox are the mostly universal test runners nowadays?)

The comment was an inside joke like the point of the gist.