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jmward01today at 3:47 AM1 replyview on HN

There are so many package managers out there for different platforms. I feel like there should be some more general, standardized, package manager that is language agnostic. Something that: - has some guarantees about dependencies - has some guarantees about provenance (only allow if signed by x, y, z kind of thing) - has a standardized api so corporate or third party curation of packages is possible (I want my own company package manager that I curate) - does ????

I don't know, it just seems like every tech area has these problems and I honestly don't understand why there aren't more 'standardized' solutions here


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LtWorftoday at 9:12 AM

They exist and are called "linux distributions". Developers hate them.