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Re:Python on Wheels by mixmastamyk on Monday January 27, 2014 @02:33AM (#7129238)
Would be nice if there were one packaging tool all those languages were using instead of each one reinventing it.
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Re:Python on Wheels by rmc on Monday January 27, 2014 @05:39AM (#7129669)
Something that integrated into your operating system distribution perhaps....
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Re:Python on Wheels by the_mitsuhiko on Monday January 27, 2014 @07:31AM (#7129973)
Unfortunately most linux systems do not support multi-version installs or installs local to a user or path.
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Re:Python on Wheels by muraiki on Monday January 27, 2014 @07:44AM (#7130015)
This comes very close: http://nixos.org/nixos/
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Re:Python on Wheels by Debilski on Monday January 27, 2014 @06:17AM (#7129772)
An OS solution which allowed for versioned packages to be installed on a per-project base. That’d be something…
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Re:Python on Wheels by mh- on Monday January 27, 2014 @06:00AM (#7129726)
aptly put. you might be onto something.
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Re:Python on Wheels by mwexler on Monday January 27, 2014 @09:40AM (#7130449)
Groan. Well put, but still, groan. 8-)
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Re:Python on Wheels by mitchty on Monday January 27, 2014 @09:52AM (#7130515)
Whats apt going to do for me on Redhat/CentOS?

The problem with package managers is the same as npm/gem.

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Re:Python on Wheels by mh- on Monday January 27, 2014 @01:10PM (#7131962)
not much, but it was harder to work yum into a relevant sentence.

..yum.

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