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		newman314 on Aug 25, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Prettymaps: Small Python library to draw customize... So I don't do too much with Python but is it accepted practice now to use Pipfile or do most folks still use requirements.txt and/or setup.py?

TekMol on Aug 26, 2021 [–]

Like for all languages there are a bunch of dependency managers. And everyone you ask will praise the one they use.

In my opinion, setup.py is best approach. I don't want to be forced to use some specific dependency manager. I just want to run setup.py and expect it to take care of dependencies.

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