0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoI don't...sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square212fedilinkarrow-up1374arrow-down187
arrow-up1287arrow-down1imageI don't...sh.itjust.works0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square212fedilink
minus-squareKrafty KactuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35arrow-down2·11 months agoPlus, developers can create their own repositories that can then be used on any distro.
minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoDevelopers are exceptionally bad at packaging software though.
minus-squareKrafty KactuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoStill better than developers providing .tar.gz files or hosting an apt repo.
minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoDepends, at least with the APT repo there is a chance they used lintian to avoid the worst mistakes.
minus-squareeskimofry@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·9 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.