* On 2015 03 Jul 15:59 -0500, T.J. Duchene wrote:

> Personally, I think that the only solution is the replacement of the package
> manager with something more akin to a version manager, where you can have
> multiple versions of the same binary package chains with differing
> dependencies based on what the user's needs are. Since that would include
> init systems, things like scripts for a particular daemon would be separate
> package, installed automatically by looking at what init is installed.

Sounds like you're echoing Guix to an extent.

https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/

I played with a little bit last year but not enough to become familiar,
let alone proficient with it.

- Nate

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