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+date: 2017-01-18 23:00
+title: Meta Package Manager v2.3.0
+tags: GitHub, Python, Apple, macOS, Linux, Windows, BitBar, Homebrew, Cask, node.js, atom, apm, npm, ruby, gem, pipi, Meta Package Manager
+---
+
+Last time I [mentioned
+](https://kevin.deldycke.com/2016/07/bitbar-package-manager-v13/) my *Package
+Manager Plugin*, it was a simple [standalone Python script for BitBar
+](https://getbitbar.com/plugins/Dev/MetaPackageManager/meta_package_manager.7h.py).
+
+The BitBar plugin is still actively maintained, but all its core
+functionalities are now provided by an independent Python module: [Meta
+Package Manager](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/meta-package-manager). The latest
+version, [2.3.0, has recently been released
+](https://github.com/kdeldycke/meta-package-manager/blob/v2.3.0/CHANGES.rst#230-2017-12-15).
+
+This Python module also install a new CLI called `mpm`, which aims to provide a
+unified interface to all package managers, on all 3 major platforms (macOS,
+Linux and Windows).
+
+This is both ambitious and silly.
+
+Ambitious because there is [too many package managers
+](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_package_management_systems)
+out there, all with their own idiosyncrasies. So much that I had to compile a
+list of [Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Package Managers
+](https://meta-package-manager.readthedocs.io/en/develop/falsehoods.html).
+
+And silly because, well, `mpm` actually [tries to implement
+](https://github.com/kdeldycke/meta-package-manager/issues/10) an XKCD joke:
+
+![XKCD #1654](http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/universal_install_script.png)
+
+Of course another classic XKCDs might apply to this endeavor:
+[*Standards*](https://xkcd.com/927/).
+
+So while I wait for someone to write a meta-meta-package-manager, the [project
+is open to contributions on
+GitHub](https://github.com/kdeldycke/meta-package-manager).