> How much can you trust a third-party dev vs the core team? Seems like a false dilemma to me. The core team could still maintain "blessed" packages that don't

> How much can you trust a third-party dev vs the core team? Seems like a false dilemma to me. The core team could still maintain "blessed" packages that don't ship with the default installation. > why would you want to keep it separate if it is so much better? This is addressed in the article, most of the 5th paragraph is dedicated to it.