▲ 324 ▼ Package managers be like (linux.community) submitted 2 years ago by ExLisper@linux.community to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml 159 comments fedilink hide all child comments Sorry Python but it is what it is.
[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) I believe that was just name squatting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fragment@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) It’s less the name squatting and more pip not supporting a certain PyPI resolution order: https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/8606 For example, I have A, B and C in my requirements.txt but I want to install C from my own private PyPI. Everything works fine until someone uploads a package name C to the public PyPI then suddenly I’m not installing my private package anymore. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Yeah, I remember now. the name squatting was from people putting malicious packages under misspelled names of well known packages, like "requets" instead of requests. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fragment@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) It’s less the name squatting and more pip not supporting a certain PyPI resolution order: https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/8606 For example, I have A, B and C in my requirements.txt but I want to install C from my own private PyPI. Everything works fine until someone uploads a package name C to the public PyPI then suddenly I’m not installing my private package anymore. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Yeah, I remember now. the name squatting was from people putting malicious packages under misspelled names of well known packages, like "requets" instead of requests. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Yeah, I remember now. the name squatting was from people putting malicious packages under misspelled names of well known packages, like "requets" instead of requests. permalink fedilink source parent