I thought a relevant comment on that story by o11c [0] was particularly insightful based on my experience with Debian packaging. The format is probably optimise

I thought a relevant comment on that story by o11c [0] was particularly insightful based on my experience with Debian packaging. The format is probably optimised for long term maintenance or running up against inherent complexity or something (works great as a user) but the process of setting up a package did have a weirdly high-friction feel. The last time I tried to package something for a Debian system it felt a lot more like constructing a fork of the project than distributing something that already existed. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41638352 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41638352