OpenStack [...] to produce the ubiquitous Open Source Cloud Computing platform that will meet the needs of public and private clouds regardless of size, by being simple to implement and massively scalable. [...]
1 2 3 4 Does it have an acceptable license? Is it Py3 compatible? Is it actively maintained? Is it packaged already? 5 Does something similar exists already? Ask yourself these questions
1 2 3 4 Use the minimum version possible Avoid dependencies that don’t do semver Capping is not always good Favor things on PyPi 5 Keep track of transitive dependencies Summary-ish