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What alternative do you propose? NPM works the same way everywhere; there is no other package manager that is as crossplatform and ubiquitous as NPM.
by Cthulhu_ 2y ago
What alternative do you propose? NPM works the same way everywhere; there is no other package manager that is as crossplatform and ubiquitous as NPM.
- account42 2y agoA standalone archive packaged with all dependencies. Installing yet another language package manager (not to mention having to navigate all the anti-features like telemetry they seem to come with these days) is a major pain in the ass. Not everyone is a javascript developer. Then there is also the online requirement that comes with those package managers. Not all system have or should have an internet connection.
- eternityforest 2y agoThat would be a very large archive, unless you used a compiled language, and it wouldn't be cross platform.
- account42 2y agoGood - incentive to strip down the dependency tree to be more resonable. Also, even a huge archive would be preferrable to not having a standalone archive.