On Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:52:58 -0500 Nick Sabalausky <seewebsitetocontac...@semitwist.com> wrote: > > In any case though, there still remains the problem that OS-level > package managers are more or less OS-specific. Something like 0install > sounds great, although I admit that I've been aware of it for years > and still have yet to actually try it. >
Ie, IMO, the ideal package manager is both OS-agnostic and language-agnostic. Without a good popular one like that, there's good practical reasons for *both* OS-based and language-based package managers to co-exist.