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Re:Linus: “I no longer feel like I can trust ‘init’ to do th... by acdha on Monday July 10, 2017 @11:05AM (#14736536)
What all are you lumping into dev environment setup? For many years most projects have only needed two steps (CLI toolchain install, Homebrew) plus the project specific setup.
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Re:Linus: “I no longer feel like I can trust ‘init’ to do th... by petre on Monday July 10, 2017 @11:43PM (#14741421)
Different versions of perl, node, mariadb, apache. I am using Homebrew as well, was using Macports but it pulls too many dependencies. You still need to install Xcode for which you need an appstore account. On Linux you're pretty much done after you install the OS, or maybe you might need to apt install build-essential.
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Re:Linus: “I no longer feel like I can trust ‘init’ to do th... by acdha on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @06:55AM (#14743061)
Do you need more than the basic CLI tools? “xcode-select --install” didn't used to require an App Store account.

How are you managing different package versions on Linux – PPAs to avoid conflicts with the system Perl, Apache, etc,

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Re:Linus: “I no longer feel like I can trust ‘init’ to do th... by petre on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @04:59PM (#14748011)
Perl allows multiple installations using plenv or perlbrew. You activate one of those or the system Perl. For the rest we just need one version - the one that runs in the production machines.
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