Python vs. RPM Package Manager vs. Wing Python IDE vs. scikit-image Comparison Chart

The RPM Package Manager (RPM) is a powerful package management system capable of building computer software from the source into easily distributable packages; installing, updating, and uninstalling packaged software; querying detailed information about the packaged software, whether installed or not; and verifying the integrity of packaged software and resulting software installation. The package’s metadata is stored in the RPM header. The header is a binary data structure that stores single pieces of data in tags. Each tag has a pre-defined meaning and data type. These are not stored in the header itself but need to be known by the code reading the header. In the header, the tags are only referred to by their number. Each tag is either of a plain scalar type or is an array of one of these types. While not enforced by the type system the RPM code assumes that tags belonging together have the same number of entries.

scikit-image is a collection of algorithms for image processing. It is available free of charge and free of restriction. We pride ourselves on high-quality, peer-reviewed code, written by an active community of volunteers. scikit-image provides a versatile set of image processing routines in Python. This library is developed by its community, and contributions are most welcome! scikit-image aims to be the reference library for scientific image analysis in Python. We accomplish this by being easy to use and install. We are careful in taking on new dependencies, and sometimes cull existing ones, or make them optional. All functions in our API have thorough docstrings clarifying expected inputs and outputs. Conceptually identical arguments have the same name and position in a function signature. Test coverage is close to 100% and code is reviewed by at least two core developers before being included in the library.