@0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months agoI don't...sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square199fedilinkarrow-up1359arrow-down184
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minus-squareKrafty KactuslinkfedilinkEnglish33•10 months agoPlus, developers can create their own repositories that can then be used on any distro.
minus-square@taladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink2•10 months agoDevelopers are exceptionally bad at packaging software though.
minus-square@eskimofry@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•9 months agoSo having 1 packaging format that works across distros is good.
minus-squareKrafty KactuslinkfedilinkEnglish0•10 months agoStill better than developers providing .tar.gz files or hosting an apt repo.
minus-square@taladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink1•10 months agoDepends, at least with the APT repo there is a chance they used lintian to avoid the worst mistakes.
Plus, developers can create their own repositories that can then be used on any distro.
Developers are exceptionally bad at packaging software though.
So having 1 packaging format that works across distros is good.
Still better than developers providing .tar.gz files or hosting an apt repo.
Depends, at least with the APT repo there is a chance they used lintian to avoid the worst mistakes.