Arguably, there is already the continuous package deprecation process that often leads to unpopular projects getting culled in the next upgrade. In a way, Flat

Arguably, there is already the continuous package deprecation process that often leads to unpopular projects getting culled in the next upgrade. In a way, Flatpak/Snap/Docker was mitigations to support old programs on new systems, and old systems with updated software no longer compatible with the OS. Not an ideal solution, but a necessary one if folks also wanted to address the win/exe dominant long-term supported program versions. If working with unpopular oddball stuff one notices the packages cycle out of the repositories rather regularly. =3