How is it that in the year 2025 of our Lord installing a Python package is still such a gamble?

This post comes from someone that rarely uses Python, but consider the following:

  • the rare times I need to use it, I’m often confronted to dependency hell (and if you think it’s a skill issue, hold that thought and keep reading);
  • I’m one of the maintainers of the R ecosystem for Nix, but also package some …