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

[Paul Rubin]

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.