**Response to @evoskuil:**

That conflict led to @Narodism (https://nitter.moomoo.me/Narodism) creating the BIP system (see BIP1), which he modeled after Python's PIP system. The development process was very closed up until that point. And without other implementations would still be so.

https://nitter.moomoo.me/evoskuil/status/1644523425439023106#m