Re:Explicit bootstrapping of pip in Python installations
by knappe on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @10:30AM
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Or, for a more apt (heh) comparison:
Re:Explicit bootstrapping of pip in Python installations
by jjwiseman on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @05:37PM
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"If you are writing a package manager for a new non-js language, do whatever it takes to get that new language to load modules the way node does. The right way."
http://dominictarr.com/post/25516279897/why-you-should-never...
http://dontkry.com/posts/code/modules-the-right-way.html
To be more specific, what npm does that pip, debian, and rubygems don't do is nested dependencies, which is a wonderful advancement.
You could pretty easily re-write your comment and say "Look at the trails Debian + apt have blazed. That's the right move."