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by lmm 3265 days ago
OS package managers are so much worse than language package managers though - no ability to install packages per-user or in a "local" environment, difficult to have multiple versions of the same package installed (a huge problem if you have a "diamond" where you depend transitively on two different version of the same library), no IDE integration, limited introspectibility, inconsistent testing standards...
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concede_pluto 3265 days ago
If the answer to "are my dependencies installed and up to date?" is "well, yes and no, we can't tell which copy I'm actually using", I am not ready to go to prod.

> "diamond" where you depend transitively on two different version of the same library

That's a trainwreck waiting to happen. It's not even worth testing, much less deploying.

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lmm 3265 days ago
> If the answer to "are my dependencies installed and up to date?" is "well, yes and no, we can't tell which copy I'm actually using", I am not ready to go to prod.

Language package managers are a lot better at that than OS package managers, IME. Much better for all deploys of version x to use the same version than for all deploys to host y to use the same version.

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