0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoI don't...sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square212fedilinkarrow-up1374arrow-down187
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minus-squareKrafty KactuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35arrow-down2·1 year agoPlus, developers can create their own repositories that can then be used on any distro.
minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoDevelopers are exceptionally bad at packaging software though.
minus-squareKrafty KactuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoStill better than developers providing .tar.gz files or hosting an apt repo.
minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoDepends, at least with the APT repo there is a chance they used lintian to avoid the worst mistakes.
minus-squareeskimofry@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoSo having 1 packaging format that works across distros is good.
Plus, developers can create their own repositories that can then be used on any distro.
Developers are exceptionally bad at packaging software though.
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.
So having 1 packaging format that works across distros is good.