FRidh
July 27, 2019, 1:33pm
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I got curious how much the Python package set increased in size over time, so I decided to collect the data and plot it.
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Back in 2015 there were actually more packages available than the graph shows. Back then many packages were in all-packages.nix
instead. Since then, packages that belong in the Python set were moved there, bindings were added, and of course new packages were added.
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danbst
August 18, 2019, 11:24pm
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How many of those are leaf packages?
How many leaf packages can be replaced by pypi2nix
or similar generators?
FRidh
August 21, 2020, 8:04am
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A year later and the set has grown by more than 20%. Not visible here yet but the Python 2 set will most definitely shrink for 20.09.
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FRidh
January 17, 2022, 3:44pm
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Another update. Unstable was removed because of an evaluation problem.
Python 2 set is no longer tested, so it is hard to say what still functions there.
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opened 03:37PM - 17 Jan 22 UTC
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