Domen Kožar - What Python can learn from Haskell packaging [EuroPython 2016] [18 July 2016] [Bilbao, Euskadi, Spain] (https://ep2016.europython.eu//conference/talks/what-python-can-learn-from-haskell-packaging) Haskell community has made lots of small important improvements to packaging in 2015. What can Python community learn from it and how are we different? ----- Haskell community has been living in "Cabal hell" for decades, but Stack tool and Nix language have been a great game changer for Haskell in 2015. Python packaging has evolved since they very beginning of distutils in 1999. We'll take a look what Haskell community has been doing in their playground and what they've done better or worse. The talk is inspired by Peter Simons talk given at Nix conference: [Peter Simons: Inside of the Nixpkgs Haskell Infrastructure][1] [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDnZsBxqeBM&list=PL_IxoDz1Nq2Y7mIxMZ28mVtjRbbnlVdmy&index=4 Outline: - Cabal (packaging) interesting features overview - Cabal file specification overview - Interesting Cabal features not seen in Python packaging - Lack of features (introduction into next section) - Cabal hell - Quick overview of Haskell community frustration over Cabal tooling - Stack tool overview - What problem Stack solves - How Stack works - Comparing Stack to pip requirements - Using Nix language to automate packaging - how packaging is automated for Haskell - how it could be done for Python