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homebrew-core
🍻 Default and OSS formulae (built-from-source packages) for the package manager for everywhere
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conda
A system-level, binary package and environment manager running on all major operating systems and platforms.
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pipreqs
pipreqs - Generate pip requirements.txt file based on imports of any project. Looking for maintainers to move this project forward.
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dephell
Discontinued :package: :fire: Python project management. Manage packages: convert between formats, lock, install, resolve, isolate, test, build graph, show outdated, audit. Manage venvs, build package, bump version.
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Postmortem: AI Incident Classifier Failed Due to Biased Training Data and Scikit-Learn 1.5
Use dependency pinning tools like Poetry (https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry) or pip-tools (https://github.com/jazzband/pip-tools) to lock all transitive dependencies, not just top-level ones. Before upgrading any ML library, audit the release notes for breaking changes to default parameters: Scikit-Learn maintains a detailed changelog at https://scikit-learn.org/stable/whats\_new.html. For critical pipelines, add a pre-commit hook that checks for unpinned dependencies or unrecognized default parameters. We reduced our dependency-related incidents by 92% after implementing this practice.
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uv Running a Script with Dependencies
PEP723 is also supported by pipx and hatch, even though uv is (deservedly) getting all the attention these days.
Others like pip-tools have support in the roadmap (https://github.com/jazzband/pip-tools/issues/2027)
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Say Hello to UV: A Fast Python Package & Project Manager Written in Rust
If you’ve been managing Python projects long enough, you’ve probably dealt with a mess of tools: pip, pip-tools, poetry, virtualenv, conda, maybe even pdm.
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Generate pip requirements.txt file based on imports of any project
I don’t know if this is how pipreqs works, but I’d be concerned about a typo in an import that inadvertently installs a library.
I’ve found pip-tools [1] to be a nice middle ground between `pip freeze` and something heavier like poetry. It’s especially helpful in showing you where a library came from, when a library installs other libraries it depends upon.
One could still have a typo in their requirements.in file with pip-tools, but changes there are much less frequent than imports which could be a daily occurrence in some codebases.
[1] https://github.com/jazzband/pip-tools
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Pyenv – lets you easily switch between multiple versions of Python
> Why is the "requirements.txt" file a stupid flat listing of all transitive dependencies with pinned versions? It makes it harder to change library versions even if there are no true conflicts.
My friend, here is what you seek: https://github.com/jazzband/pip-tools
requirements.txt is flat because it's really the output of `pip freeze`. It's supposed to completely and exactly rebuild the environment. Unfortunately it's far too flexible and people abuse it by putting in only direct dependencies etc.
If you're writing packages, you don't need a requirements.txt at all, by the way. Package dependencies (only direct dependencies) live in pyproject.toml with the rest of the package config. requirements.txt (and pip tools) are only for when you want to freeze the whole environment, like for a server deployment.
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lockfiles for hatch projects
For all my projects I found myself regenerating manual lock files using complex shell commands with pip-compile to get a reproducible environments across devices using a custom pre-install-command. I finally decided that instead of hacking together the same solution on all my projects I would build a plugin that handles this complexity for me.
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Setting up Django in a Better Way in 5 Minutes and Understanding How It Works
Instead of venv, we are using pip-tools in this starter kit. pip-tools take things further in dependency management. Check out what pip-tools does in their official GitHub repo. In short, it helps your project find the best match for the dependent packages. For example, you might need two packages A and B in your project that requires same package C under the hood. But A requires any version of C from 1.0.1 to 1.0.10 and B requires any version of C from 1.0.7 to 1.0.15. Pip tools will automatically compile the version of 'C' that suits for both of your packages.
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just-pip-tools: An example of managing python dependencies as layered lock files with just and pip-tools
I've created a small project called just-pip-tools that combines pip-tools and just to manage Python dependencies in a layered approach. This isn't a magic bullet; it's a set of files you can adapt to your needs.
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Maintaining virtual environments
For small projects I recommend pip-tools. Just write packet list in requirements.in and pip-compile compile a requirements.txt with comments.
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