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> If it has transitive execution, it’s a package manager Not really. Spreadsheets, programming language functions, database triggers. To be more accurate, if

> If it has transitive execution, it’s a package manager Not really. Spreadsheets, programming language functions, database triggers. To be more accurate, if it downloads artifacts transitively it is a package manager.

Spivak 8mo ago
I could see a case being made that programming language functions, especially in ruby where everything is message passing, forms a package manager. A method might actually want to guarantee that when it sends a message foo that the code receiving it remains fixed. Being able to declare dependencies that granular might actually be great for doing refactors and upgrades. Maybe we accepted too easily that dependencies for a project are global.
- verdverm 8mo ago
  We sort of do by bundling them up and pinning them together at some version id.
- nagaiaida 8mo ago
  in raku, versions are specified for imported packages, not for installed packages; you can specify in the code a dependency on a particular version
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dataflow 8mo ago
Not really, it's not about downloading. If it only works offline given the appropriate files, that's fine too. But a package manager needs to actually install and uninstall packages!