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C++ Package Managers: The Ultimate Roundup (moderncppdevops.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Honestly, I would argue that git submodule should count as a package manager. I simply list out the repos I want to pull in and update them as needed.

I can see the usability of this depending on the application though. My work is primarily in embedded; I only ever need to pull in a handful of small libraries.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Honestly, I would argue that git submodule should count as a package manager. I simply list out the repos I want to pull in and update them as needed.

I see your point, but I think that when developers refer to package managers, implicitly that means accessing standalone precompiled binaries that are ready to just be integrated into a project.

With git submodules, unless they are used to track standalone projects or even precompiled binaries, you still have to resolve their dependencies, which is the responsibility of a package manager and the main reason they are used.