but I'm not going to build tools for the Rust ecosystem (or even Ruby, for that matter) in Go. 2/
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I think we need something like gps (a framework for pkgmgmt) written in a lower level language (C or Rust): libpkgmgr :P 3/3
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Replying to @wycats
+1 to that. after writing gps, i now feel *vaguely* qualified to *begin* such work :P
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the main thing yet to learn is what characteristics need to be sacrosanct to protect communities over the long haul.
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Replying to @wycats
yes. this. a thousand times this. while the *right* choice may vary, harmful outcomes seem pretty common across langs.
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I've found that the right choice varies but is based on a few core axioms that people just love to resist.
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Replying to @wycats
yeah, i think that captures it. it's variance within some really well-defined parameters, not crazy unknown unknowns
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but on the flip side "y we no one package manager for all languages" ignores variance. That's why a framework is the right thing.
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yeah, absolutely. figuring out what tweaks and toggles to allow on gps has been...well
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i'd like to say it's been all conscious design, but only abstracting manifest and lock truly was. the rest, more incidental
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framework design is never all that conscious... a lot is derived from contact with reality :P
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