I don't necessarily think that the the language or the core thing won't stick around. But unless you force people to really decide which packages they require,

I don't necessarily think that the the language or the core thing won't stick around. But unless you force people to really decide which packages they require, you end up with an unaudited mess of packages (basically with every package - or is anyone really creating portable, stable apps of a relevant size based on the core node environment ...)