Sure, but the signal from nearly every other camp at this point is that package management (especially for combined native dependencies and scripting deps) isn’

Sure, but the signal from nearly every other camp at this point is that package management (especially for combined native dependencies and scripting deps) isn’t a solved problem. Do I wish everyone used their distro package manager? Yes. Do I wish there was one package manager? Yes. Do I develop with Nix myself? You bet. But I fear that this sort of quixotic battle has already been lost; frankly I don’t blame people for finding it a confusing mess. Unless I misunderstood your comment, in which case I apologise!