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Writing a package manager (antonz.org)

submitted 3 days ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

[–] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

First paragraphs in the article

Writing a package manager is not one of the most common programming tasks. After all, there are many out-of-the-box ones available. Yet, somehow I've found myself in exactly this situation.

How so?

I'm a big fan of SQLite and its extensions. Given the large number of such extensions in the wild, I wanted a structured approach to managing them. Which usually involves, well, a package manager. Except there is none for SQLite. So I decided to build one!

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 days ago

Having a reason is not the same as having a good reason.

Hence my facetious "but why?" (I had read the article - they don't justify it well).