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I guess I view Debian et al similarly to how you view Go: distros like Debian have been incrementally iterating on a simple design since the 90s and their packa
by jitl 3y ago
I guess I view Debian et al similarly to how you view Go: distros like Debian have been incrementally iterating on a simple design since the 90s and their package systems have become a Katamari Damacy ball of mud around a core designed for having a single agreed-upon version of each C library shared by all software in the universe.
Now to reliably distribute Linux software, it’s very popular to distribute the software along with the entire userspace the software compiled against in the form of a Docker container.
- crabbone 3y ago> it’s very popular to distribute the software along with the entire userspace OK, there are two ways to interpret the word "popular". * As in "a presidential candidate enjoyed popular support". * As in "ski is a popular sport in some European countries". So, let me tell you this: distributing software with the entire userspace is not popular, if you use the first interpretation of the word. Users hate developers who distribute software like this, this is what they call "bloatware", "not a team-player" etc. I, personally, despise developers who do this, because, from my perspective, these are the low-skill developers who do less to get equal pay at my expense (as a user). But, of course, it's popular to be a bad developer, in the same way how it's popular to steal bicycles -- low effort, high reward, if you ignore the disappointment of someone else.