Comment by grishka
1 day ago
What if you want to use a newer or older version of just one package without having to update or downgrade the entire goddamn universe? What if you need to use proprietary software?
I've had so much trouble with package managers that I'm not even sure they are a good idea to begin with.
That is the point of flatpak or appimage but even before that you could do it by shipping the libraries with your software and use LD_LIBRARY_PATH to link your software to them.
That was what most well packaged proprietary software used to do when installing into /opt.
I know you are trying to make a point about complexity, but that is literally what NixOS allows for.