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Re:So you want to write a package manager by ciupicri on Saturday February 13, 2016 @09:51PM (#11096932)
No one is stopping you from creating your own yum or apt repository. For Fedora you could use COPR [1]:

> Copr is an easy-to-use automatic build system providing a package repository as its output.

> Start with making your own repository in these three steps: 1) choose an architecture and system you want to build for; 2) provide Copr with src.rpm packages available online; 3) let Copr do all the work and wait for your new repo.

[1]: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/

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Re:So you want to write a package manager by lbotos on Saturday February 13, 2016 @10:47PM (#11097050)
You missed his point. As a software level developer if he uses "his language package manager" that's where his responsibility stops. In your example, he'd make a package for yum or apt but what about brew what about $obscure_other_one? It's an abstraction layer.
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