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I don't think effective package management solutions were really pioneered by node and NPM. You could pretty easily re-write your comment and say "Look at the

I don't think effective package management solutions were really pioneered by node and NPM. You could pretty easily re-write your comment and say "Look at the trails Debian + apt have blazed. That's the right move."

knappe 13y ago
Or, for a more apt (heh) comparison: https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems
jjwiseman 13y ago
"If you are writing a package manager for a new non-js language, do whatever it takes to get that new language to load modules the way node does. The right way." http://dominictarr.com/post/25516279897/why-you-should-never-write-a-package-manager http://dominictarr.com/post/25516279897/why-you-should-never... http://dontkry.com/posts/code/modules-the-right-way.html http://dontkry.com/posts/code/modules-the-right-way.html To be more specific, what npm does that pip, debian, and rubygems don't do is nested dependencies, which is a wonderful advancement.