Which is all good, because system package managers usually adds six months to two years latency to feature updates. I'd rather that the development environment

Which is all good, because system package managers usually adds six months to two years latency to feature updates. I'd rather that the development environment have a tool for managing its libraries than I have to install them all by hand. It's a horribly broken system to have the same cadence for vital system parts and development frameworks. Running a stable system while having bleeding edge tools and applications shouldn't need to be an unattainable edge case.