Linux repositories conflates package management and (library/ABI) dependency management. Windows already has locally deployed assemblies and central side-by-si

Linux repositories conflates package management and (library/ABI) dependency management. Windows already has locally deployed assemblies and central side-by-side (SxS) assemblies that can accommodate multiple versions of the same assembly, complete with major/minor versioning, redirection etc. Windows Installer supports reference counting and automatic uninstalling for the centrally deployed assemblies. This new OneGet package manager is for solving the availability and automatic updating of packages. But Windows is not going to need separate repositories for each incremental update of Windows and the ABI.