Almost every third party ML model I look at seems to have different versions, different dependencies, and requires deliberate trial and error when creating container images. It's a mess.
Having interpreters and packages strewn across the machine is a nightmare. The lack of standard tooling has created a lawlessly dangerous wild west. There are no maps, no guardrails, and you have to beware of the hidden snakes. It goes against the zen of python.
As a counter example, Rust packs everything in hermetically from the start. Python4 [1] could use this as inspiration. Cargo is what package and version management should be, and other languages should adopt its lessons.
[1] Let's make a clean break from Python3 even if we don't need a new version right now.
Having interpreters and packages strewn across the machine is a nightmare. The lack of standard tooling has created a lawlessly dangerous wild west. There are no maps, no guardrails, and you have to beware of the hidden snakes. It goes against the zen of python.
As a counter example, Rust packs everything in hermetically from the start. Python4 [1] could use this as inspiration. Cargo is what package and version management should be, and other languages should adopt its lessons.
[1] Let's make a clean break from Python3 even if we don't need a new version right now.