It seems like every article about nix goes on and on about DLL hell. I've been using Debian/Ubuntu for 15+ years and never really experienced dependency hell. I guess maybe this is thanks to hard work by Debian maintainers and rarely needing to run a bleeding edge library, but also, why do we need to run bleeding edge versions of everything and then invent an incredibly complicated scheme to keep multiple copies of each library, most of which are completely compatible with each other?
And then when there's a security problem, who goes and checks that every version of every dependency of every application has actually been patched and updated? Why would I want to roll a system back to an (definitely insecure) state of a few months ago?
What problem does Nix solve that SO numbers (properly used) doesn't?
I have many of the same questions about Snap and even Docker.
And then when there's a security problem, who goes and checks that every version of every dependency of every application has actually been patched and updated? Why would I want to roll a system back to an (definitely insecure) state of a few months ago?
What problem does Nix solve that SO numbers (properly used) doesn't?
I have many of the same questions about Snap and even Docker.