The distro package manager is there to offer a menu of compatible known-good dependencies that you can readily adopt. It's a ton of work you don't need to do. I

The distro package manager is there to offer a menu of compatible known-good dependencies that you can readily adopt. It's a ton of work you don't need to do. If instead you bundle random stuff committed last month, you should have a compelling reason for beginning to maintain a half-baked distro all by yourself.