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diff --git a/content/posts/2021-06-21-ipwhl-update.md b/content/posts/2021-06-21-ipwhl-update.md index 342dd34..c431561 100644 --- a/content/posts/2021-06-21-ipwhl-update.md +++ b/content/posts/2021-06-21-ipwhl-update.md @@ -76,37 +76,59 @@ programming meme groups. It represents an underlying problem of having too many packages depending on each other. PyPI is saner, I would say, but it does have that problem. - -*(Image Attribution[^0])* +<figure> + <picture> + <source srcset="/images/xkcd-dependency.webp" type="image/webp"> + <img title="Such dependency, wow" alt='xkcd comics "Dependency": + A tower of blocks is shown. The upper half consists of many tiny blocks + balanced on top of one another to form smaller towers, labeled: + "All modern digital infrastructure" + The blocks rest on larger blocks lower down in the image, finally on a + single large block. This is balanced on top of a set of blocks on the left, + and on the right, a single tiny block placed on its side. This one is + labeled: A project some random person in Nebraska has been thanklessly + maintaining since 2003' src="/images/xkcd-dependency.png"> + </picture> + <figcaption> + <a href="https://xkcd.com/2347">Original XKCD comics</a> shared under a + CC-BY-NC 2.5 License.<br> Transcript retrieved (with some edits) from + <a href="https://explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2347:_Dependency"> + ExplainXKCD</a> shared under a CC-BY-SA 3.0 License. + </figcaption> +</figure> I would even say if the package dependency were like the above illustration, it would be simple. In reality, *circular dependency* makes it impossible to declare one package without declaring the other, which can be demonstrated by this tensegrity shape: -![A tensegrity structure](/images/tensegrity.png -"Remove any part and it's broken") -*(I drew this!)* +<figure> + <picture> + <source srcset="/images/tensegrity.webp" type="image/webp"> + <img alt='a tensegrity structure' src="/images/tensegrity.png"> + </picture> + <figcaption> + A tensegrity structure, drawn by me + </figcaption> +</figure> Or, in some cases, such as for `tox`, it can even be like this: - -*(Image attribution[^3])* +<figure> + <img alt="A tensegrity icosahedron made from straws and string" + src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Icosahedral_tensegrity_structure.png"> + <figcaption> + Icosahedral tensegrity structure, retrieved from + <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Icosahedral_tensegrity_structure.png">WikiMedia</a>, authored by QuarterNotes, + shared under a CC-BY-SA 4.0 License. + </figcaption> +</figure> # How to help  -*(Image Attribution[^1])* Due to mentioned problems, it is critical for the project to have contribution. To start, please take a look at [the manual page][ipwhl-man] @@ -142,14 +164,3 @@ Therefore, you can help developing and packaging [docutils-stubs][stub] so we can have newer packages on IPWHL [stub]: https://github.com/tk0miya/docutils-stubs - -[^0]: Original XKCD comics: <https://xkcd.com/2347/>, shared under a CC-BY-NC - 2.5 License. - Transcript retrieved (with some edits) from ExplainXKCD: - <https://explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2347:_Dependency>, shared under a - CC-BY-SA 3.0 License. -[^1]: Scene cropped from *Rick and Morty*, a show by *Adult Swim*: - <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdsJDLSI_Mo> -[^3]: Image retrieved from WikiMedia, authored by QuarterNotes: - <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Icosahedral_tensegrity_structure.png>, - shared under a CC-BY-SA 4.0 License |