* On 2015 03 Jul 15:59 -0500, T.J. Duchene wrote: > Personally, I think that the only solution is the replacement of the package > manager with something more akin to a version manager, where you can have > multiple versions of the same binary package chains with differing > dependencies based on what the user's needs are. Since that would include > init systems, things like scripts for a particular daemon would be separate > package, installed automatically by looking at what init is installed.
Sounds like you're echoing Guix to an extent. https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/ I played with a little bit last year but not enough to become familiar, let alone proficient with it. - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng