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Am I missing something with Ubuntu? Is it really deprecated? What’s the best way to install and keep up to date on Ubuntu?

• ilaksh 5y ago
  I think that it's just difficult to submit updates to Ubuntu or get them incorporated. I think you can just download the binary and put it in /usr/bin or clone and run go install as per the instructions.
  • smallerfish 5y ago
    That's bad practice though. Devs should be comfortable having older (security patched) versions of software in repos, which provide a valuable service for users. It's hostile for devs to push PPAs only, as it implies that their ability to push updates faster is more important than the distro's review process.
    • ducktective 5y ago
      Take the nix pill
    • francislavoie 5y ago
      Linus Torvalds about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzl1B7nB9Kc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzl1B7nB9Kc Distros (Debian in particular comes to mind) have some really annoying packaging rules, and as a maintainer of a Go program, it's a huge pain, so we decided to just set up a repo with https://cloudsmith.com/ https://cloudsmith.com/ instead of trying to deal with that. They require every dependency (indirect or not) to be packaged separately. We don't have the time for that. Way simpler to just build a static binary and ship it.