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inigyoutoday at 12:25 AM1 replyview on HN

Presumably the ones where you are expected to have the latest version of everything and make a new package if you break that (python2 → python3)

Not sure why more ecosystems don't do this. Sure an update could break dependents, but, like, you already have a big problem if a dependent was keeping you on an old version no matter what.

Building a SAT solver into the package manager seems to be a solution in search of a problem.


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supriyo-biswastoday at 4:14 AM

> Building a SAT solver into the package manager seems to be a solution in search of a problem.

I can't tell you which ones off the top of my head, but I'm sure a number of package managers do use constraint solvers to find dependencies matching the constraints.