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		WD-42 8 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Serving 200M requests per day with a CGI-bin It’s easier for you to rely on the volunteers that maintain python packages for Debian. That’s fine, but if you need something niche like cgi, you might have to package it yourself.

LtWorf 8 days ago [–]

Because pypi is managed by paid people?

Also I'm part of the python team in debian so I can package what's missing or update out of date things if I need.

kragen 8 days ago | [–]

I appreciate your work! The Python team in Debian has saved me an enormous amount of effort over the years.

LtWorf 8 days ago | | [–]

I doubt I did anything you use ;)

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