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

[Michael Torrie]

On 03/16/2015 08:45 PM, Paul Rubin wrote:
> Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> writes:
>> On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 12:46 PM, Michael Torrie <torriem at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> But after 20 years, the package manager idea certain has revealed many
>>> shortcomings (in short, it sucks in many ways). ...
>> The hardest part is managing library versions, and that's always going
>> to be a problem. 
> 
> Have either of you tried Nixos or Guix yet?  I've been wanting to.  The
> ideas sound intriguing from what I've seen so far.

Haven't but I will take a look..