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Re:Packages: The Way Forward for PHP by mikey_p on Tuesday March 06, 2012 @04:01PM (#3672852)
Anymore, I consider system wide package installation to be a liability, not a feature. The whole point/purpose of npm or composer is local installation. Look at the mess of Gem/Bundler and then you have to factor in that rvm and rbenv are basically designed to isolate system wide installation because of the problems associated with system wide installations.
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Re:Packages: The Way Forward for PHP by wilmoore on Wednesday March 07, 2012 @01:55PM (#3676642)
Agreed. I used to dig RVM and rbenv but have come to realize that they are band aids for a problem that should have never been.

BTW, as for pyrus/pear, local install hardly works and it's more of an after-thought anyhow.

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