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> The cost of a dependency for a good package manager is zero I disagree. Another non-zero cost that I don't see mentioned yet is a licensing cost. What if the
by ksml 11y ago
> The cost of a dependency for a good package manager is zero
I disagree. Another non-zero cost that I don't see mentioned yet is a licensing cost. What if there is some GPL'ed code somewhere in the dependency chain, but you don't know it because you are using code that uses GPL code but didn't realize it? Using lots of dependencies is just asking for licensing hell
- naasking 11y agoThat's a good point that's not often considered. That sounds like it should be part of a package manager too, because all you need is a license compatibility matrix.