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@BryceGattis BryceGattis commented May 10, 2025

Add doc page explaining why users should use Rez over other software solutions.

Closes #1715.

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  • Need to flesh out details about the other package management/environment management solutions and some direct comparisons to Rez.

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Package Manager
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A package manager is a tool that helps keep track of an application's dependencies. Package managers provide
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"provide" seems redundant in this sentence

A runtime environment manager is a tool that allows users to easily control what a shell created environment
will look like. This primarily takes shape by defining environment variables that will then be used by
applications that are launched from the created shell.

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It would be useful to have an simple example here. Something like launching an environment that sets all the environment variables for maya to find the required plugins for a show and setting the alises for a user to launch maya.

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Add "why rez" doc page

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