software - multiple version installs (any distro developers here?)

[Riad S. Wahby]

Zenaan Harkness <zen at freedbms.net> wrote:
> Any distro developers here? I just want to float an idea with a couple
> folks before throwing it out publicly - I'm sure this has been thunked
> before, but I'd like to see the libre unix software ecosystem move
> forward on this.

A related (but not identical) idea underlies NixOS and GNU GuixSD;
it's probably worth having a look at the way they do things.
    https://nixos.org/wiki/Main_Page

-=rsw