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Python on Linux Distros

Python Resources

Debian Resources

Perspectives

Challenges / Differences

Technical

  • PEP 517/518: flit, wheels, pip, conda, sdist, bdist, setup.py, pyproject.toml, poetry, distutils, setuptools
  • Package manaagement
  • Virtual environments: venv, virtualenv, conda
  • Multiple Python management: multiple installs, pyenv, homebrew on linux, conda

Communication

  • History
  • Assumptions
  • Common ground
  • Complexity due to number of tools and versions

User Personas

System Administrator

Library Developer needing interaction with lower-level system functionality

Library Developer of Python only code

User who is installing operating system packages

User who is installing more recent packages than provided by operating system

User new to Linux and Programming

Reproducible builds

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