[OT] Weaknesses of distro package managers - was Re: Python 2 to 3 conversion - embrace the pain

[Mark Lawrence]

On 17/03/2015 02:51, Michael Torrie wrote:
> On 03/16/2015 08:40 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
>> Thanks again. This is an important and difficult problem, with competing
>> forces at play, and I am not at all satisfied with the current state of
>> packaging.
>
> I agree.  Though I like the concept of package managers and curated
> repos, compared to the dismal world of Windows, I also am not very
> satisfied with the current state of things.
>
> That's why I think the ideas coming out of this Red Hat think tank are
> interesting and worth discussion.  They put forth a possible solution
> that keeps the existing things we love about package managers and our
> distros of choice, while addressing these important issues in a
> maintainable, flexible, and still secure way.
>

Reading this makes me realise how lucky I am not having to worry about 
such issues.

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence