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>There must be some way to _unify_ this proliferation of software update mechanisms. https://gnu.org/s/guix https://nixos.org
Unify != replace. Guix/Nix don't integrate multiple package managers, it just is Another Package Manager.
Please give us something that doesn't require PowerShell, since PowerShell never just works. Just look at the ridiculous bullshit that you have to deal with when you want to use Chocolatey (from the Chocolatey install guide): Note: You must have your execution policy set to unrestricted (or at least in bypass) for this to work (Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted). There have been reports that RemoteSigned is enough for…
Same type of reasoning that leads them to not include a telnet client. Or makes you twice opt in to compression to make IIS actually gzip "dynamic content". It's a noble idea, done more in a CYA kind of way, it feels.
Please, can I get a decent command line now?
Please give us something that doesn't require PowerShell, since PowerShell never just works. Just look at the ridiculous bullshit that you have to deal with when you want to use Chocolatey (from the Chocolatey install guide): Note: You must have your execution policy set to unrestricted (or at least in bypass) for this to work (Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted). There have been reports that RemoteSigned is enough for…
That statement is a bit much. I agree the default execution policy is annoying, but can you blame MS for being a little overzealous given their history?
Some aspects of Powershell are actually pretty nice. Ever want to use a real hashmap in bash for example? Or easy JSON construction/manipulation without hacks like jq? PS has all that.
I recently blogged about the Linux world needing something like this. http://leto.electropoiesis.org/propaganda/plugins-and-packag... I hate having to individually update my Wordpress install, my Rubies, my system packages, my IDE (be it Eclipse or Android Studio), a separate TeXLive install from the OS packages, even Vim now has its own package management with Pathogen... There must be some way to _unify_ this proli…
Actually, Composer is what's usually used these days. Composer is per-project (like npm), though, so there's no point unifying it into a global package manager.
Linux can do this: run `apt-get dist-upgrade` in Ubuntu, and you get all of the most recent updates.
However, in Windows, you install 3 updates, restart, install 5 updates, restart, install 110 updates, restart....
Oh, wow. Please, can I get a decent command line now?
I recently blogged about the Linux world needing something like this. http://leto.electropoiesis.org/propaganda/plugins-and-packag... I hate having to individually update my Wordpress install, my Rubies, my system packages, my IDE (be it Eclipse or Android Studio), a separate TeXLive install from the OS packages, even Vim now has its own package management with Pathogen... There must be some way to _unify_ this proli…
> PHP Pear Actually, Composer is what's usually used these days. Composer is per-project (like npm), though, so there's no point unifying it into a global package manager.
I recently blogged about the Linux world needing something like this. http://leto.electropoiesis.org/propaganda/plugins-and-packag... I hate having to individually update my Wordpress install, my Rubies, my system packages, my IDE (be it Eclipse or Android Studio), a separate TeXLive install from the OS packages, even Vim now has its own package management with Pathogen... There must be some way to _unify_ this proli…
Give it about 6 months and someone will announce a container-based package manager.
I was informed about this just this morning.
I recently blogged about the Linux world needing something like this. http://leto.electropoiesis.org/propaganda/plugins-and-packag... I hate having to individually update my Wordpress install, my Rubies, my system packages, my IDE (be it Eclipse or Android Studio), a separate TeXLive install from the OS packages, even Vim now has its own package management with Pathogen... There must be some way to _unify_ this proli…
Have you ever tried ninite ( https://ninite.com/ ) ? Not perfect at all - but at least it works for some of the freeware utilities / programs I'm using on my windows PC. Simply run the generated exe to install the program. Run it later to update the program.