Re: [DNG] slashpackage?

2017-07-04 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2017 04 Jul 19:46 -0500, Florian Zieboll wrote: > Am 4. Juli 2017 20:23:28 MESZ schrieb Nate Bargmann : > >* On 2017 04 Jul 13:17 -0500, Joel Roth wrote: > >> > >> Nix is also relevant. > > > >As is Guix. > > > I'd be really curious about some more first hand Guix

Re: [DNG] slashpackage?

2017-07-04 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2017 04 Jul 13:17 -0500, Joel Roth wrote: > It's not a new idea that resources belonging to a program are more > easily managed when installed under a single directory. > GoboLinux has certainly gone into further detail.[1] > Nix is also relevant. As is Guix. I played with it for a time but

Re: [DNG] slashpackage?

2017-07-04 Thread Joel Roth
Hi Steve, On Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 10:20:33PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > Hi all, > > Daniel J Bernstein, known as djb, created a package manager, called > slashpackage, that uses the Unix file hierarchy as the package > manager's database. As far as I can see, it has the following >

[DNG] slashpackage?

2017-07-03 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, Daniel J Bernstein, known as djb, created a package manager, called slashpackage, that uses the Unix file hierarchy as the package manager's database. As far as I can see, it has the following (dis)advantages: ADVANTAGES: * Less crazy than apt-get, yum, xbps, pacman, etc * Always a