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I hate packaging my software for Linux (fresh)
getfresh.dev/docs/blog/packaging-for-linux/No automatic updates for .deb / .rpm
The author seems to have completely missed the point that they can just publish their own repositories to allow users on both of these platforms to update. It would also mean they could avoid the problems they’re having building source packages.
Their complaints about supporting instalations with older libc versions are also addressable by just building against the oldest libc they wish to support.
Replying to @notabot@piefed.social
that defeats the purpose of a package manager
Replying to @umbrella@lemmy.ml
that defeats the purpose of a package manager
I suspect you’re confusing the package manager with the supply chain. This should always be separate, lest we get some systemd-like spongiform blob with no ability to swap out and improve parts without discarding the whole.
Unless you’re Lennart, it’s a bad idea.
Replying to @corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
yes i was. didn’t get great sleep, my bad.