by d-k-bo on 10/20/23, 8:25 AM
> The above invocation will automatically download the latest version of pixi, extract it, and move the pixi binary to ~/.pixi/bin. If this directory does not already exist, the script will create it.
Please don't pollute my home directory. Follow the XDG base directory specification [1].
[1]: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-...
by droelf on 10/19/23, 8:25 PM
Blog post author here – happy to take any questions. We're looking to unify the conda + PyPI ecosystems and build a really nice cross-platform, language independent package manager (which is called pixi).
by dimator on 10/19/23, 10:51 PM
Are there any gains to be had in just using this for pypi packages (no conda)? Solving for a monorepo with hundreds of packages is the cause of much time lost.
by ArchOversight on 10/19/23, 8:36 PM
How well does this work for projects that include dependencies that are still reliant on the old setup.py and don't have wheels published?
by thatxliner on 10/20/23, 12:48 AM
I sure hope there’s a pnpm-style content addressable storage and space-saving capabilities
by Already__Taken on 10/20/23, 9:30 AM
Been quite happy with PDM last 6 months, that's pretty fast, how does this stack up?
by westurner on 10/19/23, 7:51 PM