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Re:So you want to write a package manager by sdboyer on Sunday February 14, 2016 @01:56AM (#11097424)
> Language package managers are good for quickly sharing code written purely in that language with other developers, but unacceptable for anything else.

Right, so, what almost all of the FLOSS world is doing, almost all of the time. Miiiight be worth optimizing for that case. Especially if a proper PDM would compose well with larger systems...which it would!

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Re:So you want to write a package manager by rekado on Sunday February 14, 2016 @07:01AM (#11097962)
> Right, so, what almost all of the FLOSS world is doing, almost all of the time.

Citation needed. I have been packaging (scientific) software for years and it's usually a happy mix of different languages and libraries.

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