@hynek @sethmlarson @freakboy3742 @jacob @sgillies And the difficulty with VC money here is that it can burn out *all* the other projects in the ecosystem simultaneously, creating a risk of monoculture, where previously, I think we can say that "monoculture" was the *least* of Python's packaging concerns.

@hynek @sethmlarson @freakboy3742 @jacob @sgillies (Also, referring to it as "pearl-clutching" is both insulting and inaccurate. Pearl-clutching is an exaggerated show of high emotion, whereas what is being expressed here is a fairly nuanced ambivalence towards what we all acknowledge is otherwise a good thing)