In Defense of Package Managers
Open Source package managers are one of the most maligned pieces of software in common use today. I’m here to correct that criticism and tell developers that it’s not the package managers you hate — it’s what they’ve made you become. This contains a bit of a history lesson to explain how we got here today, as well as what I think the package management world will look like in the future.
Source: In Defense of Package Managers, an article by Dan Lorenc.