Package Managers: What Do They Do, Really?

Package Managers: What Do They Do, Really?(tudorr.ro)

4 points by tudurom 146 days ago | 1 comment

The most important thing IMHO is to "rotate the structure 90 degrees" from package to function. You start with "all files of one package" and get "all files of all packages, that serve the same purpose" like for example all includes, all man pages, all binaries. This simplifies and speeds up a system, as you only need one or a low number of paths per function.

jeffreygoesto 146 days ago |

The most important thing IMHO is to "rotate the structure 90 degrees" from package to function. You start with "all files of one package" and get "all files of all packages, that serve the same purpose" like for example all includes, all man pages, all binaries. This simplifies and speeds up a system, as you only need one or a low number of paths per function.