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dependency hell

frustration of some software users who have installed software packages which have dependencies on specific versions of other software packages
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dependency hell
Евгений Мирошниченко · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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dependency hell

Summary

dependency hell is an anti-pattern[1]. It draws 206 Wikipedia views per month (anti_pattern category, ranking #4 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • dependency hell's image is recorded as CouplingVsCohesion.svg[3].
  • dependency hell's instance of is recorded as anti-pattern[4].
  • dependency hell's subclass of is recorded as technology risk[5].
  • dependency hell's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03hz3j[6].
  • dependency hell's facet of is recorded as software dependency[7].
  • dependency hell's facet of is recorded as operating system[8].
  • dependency hell's BabelNet ID is recorded as 03743095n[9].
  • dependency hell's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 177545051[10].

Why It Matters

dependency hell draws 206 Wikipedia views per month (anti_pattern category, ranking #4 of 6).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

operating system

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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