Re:Problems with Go Get
by munificent on Thursday May 07, 2015 @07:06PM
(#9508998)
> there isn't one way of doing it that is clearly superior to other ways.
Absence of a clear winner doesn't mean doing nothing is the best strategy.
> There are plenty of working versioning solutions to choose from, pick the one you like the best.
Unfortunately, that doesn't compose.
The whole point of a package manager is to deal with acquiring dependencies and their transitive dependencies. If the ecosystem doesn't agree on a single package manager, you can't handle transitive dependencies.
What do you do when you want to use four packages, each of which uses a different package manager for its dependencies?
Absence of a clear winner doesn't mean doing nothing is the best strategy.
> There are plenty of working versioning solutions to choose from, pick the one you like the best.
Unfortunately, that doesn't compose.
The whole point of a package manager is to deal with acquiring dependencies and their transitive dependencies. If the ecosystem doesn't agree on a single package manager, you can't handle transitive dependencies.
What do you do when you want to use four packages, each of which uses a different package manager for its dependencies?