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Can't the same be said of yum or apt or whatever system facilities? I used Python for a couple years with many third party packages and RPMs worked fine. Why do
by jzwinck 14y ago
Can't the same be said of yum or apt or whatever system facilities? I used Python for a couple years with many third party packages and RPMs worked fine. Why does each scripting language need its own package manager? It's madness. They all have the same fundamental needs, don't they?
- olympus 14y agoI'd like to just use apt, it won't work for me. At least with Python, pip easily integrates virtualenv, which isn't true of yum or apt as far as I know. Plus, python devs can package once for pip and have it work on any system, without having to package separate deb, rpm, txz, etc. This strikes the balance of having too many package managers for devs to support and having too many package managers for me to use. I've made my peace with a single package manager per language plus apt for my OS.
- pwang 14y agoHow well does yum work on Windows and Mac?