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To be fair, isn't deb/apt already open source? If you don't know it, check out the "competing standards" xkcd. If I was a FOSS dev, I'd say "screw it; just let

To be fair, isn't deb/apt already open source? If you don't know it, check out the "competing standards" xkcd. If I was a FOSS dev, I'd say "screw it; just let people pull the git and package it however their distribution wants it".

pjmlp 7y ago
Not every company wants to deliver open source packages, nor everyone uses git.
roblabla 7y ago
I mean, for 99% of the packages in most distribs, that’s how it works. Someone makes a cool binary, someone else packages it up and submits it to their favorite distro’s package manager.