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juliangmptoday at 11:01 AM1 replyview on HN

Why? Foss software also benefits from less dependency hell.


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breezykoitoday at 11:23 AM

For distro-packaged FOSS, binary compatibility isn't really a problem. Distributions like Debian already resolve dependencies by building from source and keeping a coherent set of libraries. Security fixes and updates propagate naturally.

Binary compatibility solutions mostly target cases where rebuilding isn't possible, typically closed source software. Freezing and bundling software dependencies ultimately creates dependency hell rather than avoiding it.

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