Blog about package manager versus dependency management.

TODOs

  • [ ] Absolute synchronous update death march
  • [ ] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJamU0yOdAw
  • [ ] https://www.ypsidanger.com/the-distribution-model-is-changing/
  • [ ] Eclipse IDE as a worst case scenario.
  • It was inevitable and predictable, because [...]. The predictable part is the worrisome part in IT in general, just like the past systemd situation (dig up old argumentation why anti systemd was bound to fail, because of too many small and incompatible alternatives and was easily predictable).
  • The misunderstood argument: Classical package manager as a tool for man-in-the-middle attack and not a package improver
    • Single Authority versus multiple authorities
    • Global community versus local community aka apt versus npm