Re:Riff, automatically provide external dependencies for Rus...
by cmyr on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @03:48PM
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I mean, it is expressed pretty clearly in the article; it uses Nix to manage external dependencies, and manages setting link paths and other build bookkeeping.
Re:Riff, automatically provide external dependencies for Rus...
by Surfactant7 on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @03:56PM
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Thanks. I scanned right past the most important part for the article to get get right, mainly because it was buried in a paragraph, and wrapped in parenthesis no less:
> ... But unfortunately they’re not so great at installing dependencies written in other languages (we call these external dependencies). ...
I'm sure it's a fine project. However, the article itself is not great at explaining the value proposition.
Re:Riff, automatically provide external dependencies for Rus...
by edave64 on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @03:46PM
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It is fairly clear that it's not in competition with cargo, since it is literally based on cargo. It installs dependencies that are not managed by cargo, apparently mainly C dependencies.
The title specifically mentions Rust projects. The main competition there is Cargo, which does exactly what the quote above claims. It's not at all clear what Riff offers over Cargo.