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> Simple: they decided that maintaining the chromium .deb takes too much effort, and that snap is making that easier. So they moves it to Snap. Their whole dis

> Simple: they decided that maintaining the chromium .deb takes too much effort, and that snap is making that easier. So they moves it to Snap. Their whole distribution is copied from Debian. Is it too much effort to just copy and distribute the upstream package, like they have been doing from the very start?

hvis 6y ago
See the link in the sibling comment. They don't copy.
- scoot_718 6y ago
  No, they've got to meddle and mess with every damn thing to create unnecessary headaches for users.
  - hvis 6y ago
    FFS, they build newer packages than Debian. If you don't like that, use Debian directly. It's a good distro that has stood the test of time.