> On Linux, the norm is that distribution maintainers put together a package with the dependencies separate, and these are shared between multiple packages.
honest question from a non-linux user - how much time do you spend in dependency hell? dynamic linking all the things sounds like a recipe for constant nightmare
I've never dealt with dependency hell, even once, on my current distribution. When necessary, distributions can ship multiple versions of a library and the software that requires each version will be linked appropriately. Basically, the answer is that the distribution is supposed to solve all these problems for you - and it does in fact work out that way in practice 99% of the time.
honest question from a non-linux user - how much time do you spend in dependency hell? dynamic linking all the things sounds like a recipe for constant nightmare