[erlang-questions] Turning rebar into a package manager

[Loïc Hoguin]

On 10/24/2012 05:10 PM, Tim Watson wrote:
>> As for rebar being per-repo, that's not that true anymore.
>
> How so? I'm still under the impression that this remains true:
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> - it gets dependencies locally
> - resolving dependencies outside base_dir can break things
>
> Maybe I've or become a bit out of touch with the bleeding edge changes. I'm a huge rebar fan/user so please correct me if I'm wrong.
>
>> And since it's pretty much the de facto standard now, it's not really needed now.
>>
>
> Are you saying rebar is the de facto standard? I wish it was, and do wonder if inclusion in otp would make it more likely to be.
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> And what's not really needed? This expm thing, or a package manager in general?

I was talking about including rebar inside repositories. It's not really 
needed anymore. Haven't had it in cowboy for maybe a year and nobody 
seemed to complain. I think it's OK today to tell people to install 
rebar (or update their rebar if you need a more recent feature).

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Loïc Hoguin
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