I didn't ask where, I asked how. How will you know what packages do you need to install? Are you going to go on pypi.org, download them one by one, unzip, look for requirements, then go to pypi.org again, download more, and so on, until you have enough packages and have figured out all the requirements? If so, I have very bad news for you: your single installation might take weeks, possibly months, or might in fact be so slow it will never end as new packages will be published faster than you can identify the version you need.

> This absolutely does sidestep the issue of distributing Python packages to your users.

No it doesn't... OMG. You cannot be serious? Do you really search and solve dependency problems w/o using any dedicated software? Like in your head? Or with pen and paper? For any non-trivial project the number of combinations you have to try before you find the one that works will be astronomical...

> We're talking about different problems here.

Nah. You just don't understand the problem. It's similar, but not the same.