Hacker News with Generative AI: Package Management

Linux Package Managers Are Worse Than You Think (medium.com)
Most Linux distros come with a package manager, which is responsible for installing and removing packages and all their dependencies. In theory, these package managers help the user, doing the dirty work behind the scenes. However, things can get really embarrassing when we take a closer look.

Linux, Software, Operating Systems, Package Management

18 points by rpgbr 19 days ago | 11 comments

PyPI Now Supports Project Archival (pypi.org)
Support for marking projects as archived has landed on PyPI. Maintainers can now archive a project to let users know that the project is not expected to receive any more updates.

Python, Software Development, Open Source, Package Management

36 points by woodruffw 21 days ago | 0 comments

Notes on Nix (goodtechthings.com)
I have spent the last 5 years telling myself “Someday I’m going to sit down and figure out what Nix actually is.”

Operating Systems, Package Management, Linux

9 points by forrestbrazeal 31 days ago | 0 comments

Uv's killer feature is making ad-hoc environments easy (valatka.dev)
In my view, neither performance nor trying to be Python-aligned is what sets uv apart. Don’t get me wrong — try switching from uv to Poetry, and you’ll quickly notice how sluggish it (poetry) feels. uv goes extra miles to adhere to PEPs, and IMHO it’s the go-to package manager for Python these days. But these aren’t the features that surprised me most.

Python, Package Management, Software, Development Tools

502 points by astronautas 39 days ago | 417 comments

Nix – Death by a Thousand Cuts (dgt.is)
This is my perspective on using Nix (the OS, the package manager, and the language) as a main driver for the past 2 years. I have gone to conferences, engaged the community, donated, submitted bug reports, converted my home servers, and probably spent hundreds of hours in Nix configs. I consider myself well versed, but certainly no expert.

Operating Systems, Package Management, Nix, Software

348 points by jonotime 40 days ago | 326 comments

uv: An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust. (github.com/astral-sh)
An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust.

Python, Package Management, Rust, Performance

6 points by behnamoh 40 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: Is NPM Having an Outage? (ycombinator.com)
I can't install any module. They are all 404.

Node.js, Software, Package Management

33 points by paradite 74 days ago | 27 comments

Discrepancy between what's in GitHub and what's been published to PyPI (github.com/ultralytics)
Discrepancy between what's in GitHub and what's been published to PyPI for v8.3.41.

Python, Software, Open Source, Version Control, Package Management

35 points by the_mitsuhiko 76 days ago | 7 comments

Sqlpkg – The SQLite Extension Hub (sqlpkg.org)
Find SQLite extensions using the search box above. You can download and install them manually, or use the sqlpkg package manager.

SQLite, Database, Tools, Package Management

5 points by thunderbong 89 days ago | 0 comments

Workbrew makes open-source package manager Homebrew enterprise-friendly (techcrunch.com)
A trio of former GitHub executives and engineers have founded a new startup that brings the benefits of one of the most popular open source package managers to the enterprise.

Open Source, Enterprise Software, Package Management, Startups

14 points by woodruffw 93 days ago | 2 comments

PyPI now supports digital attestations (pypi.org)
PyPI package maintainers can now publish signed digital attestations when publishing, in order to further increase trust in the supply-chain security of their projects. Additionally, a new API is available for consumers and installers to verify published attestations.

Python, Security, Software Development, Open Source, Package Management

218 points by miketheman 98 days ago | 186 comments

Determinate Nix (nixos.org)

Operating Systems, Linux, Package Management, Nix

6 points by aendruk 121 days ago | 0 comments

Hunting for Gems: How Ruby's package management system evolved (railsexplained.com)
It’s time for another installment in our series on loading code in Rails.

Ruby, Package Management, Programming, Rails

69 points by greytape 148 days ago | 19 comments

Setting up a cache server for apt packages (qmacro.org)

Caching, Linux, Software, Networking, Package Management

30 points by todsacerdoti 170 days ago | 5 comments

Openwrt working on moving to Alpine Package Manager (APK) (github.com/openwrt)