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Package Manager is like a Librarian. Librarians don't write books, they organize them to make them easier for the reading public to find.

Being a Librarian is a skillset that takes years of study. Library Science. https://www.bestmastersdegrees.com/best-masters-degrees-faq/....

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You might find it interesting that basically the definition of a linux distribution is a package manager + a repository.

Any skilled DBA would do years of Librarian "studies" in minutes.

I think that's a really narrow view of what librarians do. It's not just having stock of all the books, it's knowing the books that are relevant to particular fields of study, it's having a mastery of research and source-finding, and so much more.

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