Re:Windows 10 will come with a command-line package manager
by sandGorgon on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @02:19AM
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no - this is not applicable to Windows, since there is not a widespread practice of system installed libraries. Windows packages are far more similar to something like 0-install (http://0install.net/).
If there are two software packages which depend on different version of a third party package, then the usual practice is that either the third party DLLs are included in the package or both the versions are specifically installed.
I think this is the way that OSX works as well - it is only Linux that works with centralized dependencies, which is what needs a very sophisticated dependency management solution.
If there are two software packages which depend on different version of a third party package, then the usual practice is that either the third party DLLs are included in the package or both the versions are specifically installed.
I think this is the way that OSX works as well - it is only Linux that works with centralized dependencies, which is what needs a very sophisticated dependency management solution.