> Unfortunately, it seems like this is a very specialized skill set that the vast majority of developers seem to find boring, uninteresting, and drudgerous, and

> Unfortunately, it seems like this is a very specialized skill set that the vast majority of developers seem to find boring, uninteresting, and drudgerous, and finding someone qualified and interested has been exceedingly difficult. The reason most find it boring, uninteresting, and drudgerous (I would also add "frustrating" to this list) is because one has to build on top of decades of bad decisions and quick hacks, over and over again. Which also suggests a way to make it interesting: make it about fixing the underlying problem (even if in a limited context) instead of just going along with whatever is available. For example, you can attempt to automate producing various packages from some "sane" common metadata. You didn't provide much context on what exactly you are trying to package, but here is one example of what it might look like: https://build2.org/bpkg/doc/bpkg-pkg-bindist.xhtml https://build2.org/bpkg/doc/bpkg-pkg-bindist.xhtml