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> Some Guy updates it on a volunteer basis when he remembers Blame repo culture. In saner worlds there is no requirement for a middle man between developer and
by AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago
> Some Guy updates it on a volunteer basis when he remembers
Blame repo culture. In saner worlds there is no requirement for a middle man between developer and user, so users get the software when the developer releases it to them. For various reasons (only a few of which are technical), Linux has settled on this middelmen-everywhere way of doing things, and because it is FOSS all those middlemen are also volunteers, and then to top it all off there are dozens of repos and packaging formats.
AppImage (and its predecessors) have been valiantly struggling to undo this cultural brain damage.
- michaelmrose 6y agoIt's not brain damage its a reaction to people being capable developers but crap at system engineering. I really don't want 187 system vulnerabilities from 12 apps which use different versions of different outdated libraries.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y agoThis is a solvable problem. The vast majority of "shared" libraries are used by exactly one application. Commonly used libraries like the system interface, cryptography, networking, and the widget set, should be provided by the base system and their ABIs kept stable.
- anthk 6y ago>Linux has settled on this middelmen-everywhere way of doing things, BSD ports had it before. And before that, Irix machines had the packages split in several CDs.