How should I build a package manager?

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  • smlpkg

    Generic package manager for Standard ML libraries and programs

  • I wrote a package manager that sounds similar to what you are proposing. An important design criteria was that it was easy to understand and simple to implement, even at the cost of some clumsiness in use. I wrote about the design before and after I implemented it. It is based on a cut-down version of Go's package manager, and has itself served as the basis for a package manager for SML.

  • semver

    Semantic Versioning Specification

  • Semver everything. For breaking changes I think I'll store multiple versions of a single package.

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