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what does pip do to not suck? (programming.dev)
submitted 6 days ago by irelephant@programming.dev to c/python@programming.dev
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I've been trying to get luarocks to work on windows, and all it gives is cryptic gcc errors.

How does pip manage to work on most platforms without issues?

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[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 27 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I'm surprised to hear you say this because in all honesty, pip really sucks as far as package managers go. uv is a worthy replacement.

[–] glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago

Today I learned about uv-package manager ; thanks!

[–] sus@programming.dev 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I think this is talking about basic functionality, eg. can you do basic stuff with a clean install without everything immediately breaking

There's a lot of programming tools that are primarily developed for and on linux, and "windows support" is an afterthought which will result in linux being a very frictionless experience but windows being a minefield of problems and requiring careful manual setup

[–] irelephant@programming.dev 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Compared to luarocks, pip is amazing.

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Maybe so, but pip is years behind package managers like cargo. It really is not particularly good.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

Sure, and Luarocks is behind pip, and it really is particularly bad.