[$] Users and Python packaging

A lot of digital ink has been expended in recounting the ongoingPython packaging saga, which is now in its fourth installment(earlier articles: landscape survey, visions and unification, and pip-conda convergence). Most of thatcovered conversations thattook place in November and the discussion largely settled down over theholidays, but it picked up again with a packaging-strategythread that started in early January. That thread was based on the resultsof a user survey about packaging that was meant to help guide the Python Packaging Authority (PyPA)and other interested developers, but the guidance provided was somewhatambiguous-leading to lots more discussion.