@wycats also, since you're reading now - i'm revising to note NP-completeness of version solver algo (but lib lock file idea remains)
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one thing I'm interested in these days is trying to understand nix's worldview better, because gps/cargo/bundler/etc stop short 1/
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before fully solving determinism in a general way. this is needed to actually ship, but integrating with a more general system 2/
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like nix should really be easier than it is for package managers that already have a value in predictability 3/3
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nix is...so interesting. i need to spend more time with it, but it betrays its sys-pkg-mgr roots quickly http://sandervanderburg.blogspot.com/2014/10/deploying-npm-packages-with-nix-package.html …
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and I'm a strong believer in incrementally improving things; stopping my work to do a boil-the-ocean solution is not my style. ;)
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but there's something there worth understanding and integrating with.
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