Paul Ganssle @pganssle@qoto.org

The easy_install change will probably break all kinds of weird edge cases, but in the end it's definitely for the best.

The only thing that bothers me about it is that it's very hard to declare our "opportunistic dependency" on pip.

This past weekend we released setuptools 42.0, which has some big changes:

1. easy_install officially deprecated, with some workflows falling back to pip if installed!
2. Removed upload and register commands.
3. Support plugin keywords in setup.cfg

https://pypi.org/project/setuptools/

I sometimes think I'm overly worried about exposing services on my home network to the internet. I've had #syncthing configured to be LAN-only since I installed it, and the only service I run on the open internet is the VPN so I can get access to my system remotely.

Have I been fooled by the internet equivalent of health class scare tactics where any sort of sexual activity = instant STDs and pregnancy?

From the archives of my blog but still very relevant: "pytz: The Fastest Footgun in the West", about why you probably shouldn't be using pytz:

https://blog.ganssle.io/articles/2018/03/pytz-fastest-footgun.html