0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoI don't...sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square196fedilinkarrow-up1351arrow-down180
arrow-up1271arrow-down1imageI don't...sh.itjust.works0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square196fedilink
minus-squareKrafty Kactus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down2·10 months agoPlus, developers can create their own repositories that can then be used on any distro.
minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoDevelopers are exceptionally bad at packaging software though.
minus-squareKrafty Kactus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoStill better than developers providing .tar.gz files or hosting an apt repo.
minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 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.