> Most users want to use a given piece of software. If they can’t, they usually consider that a defect of the software in question. You somehow seem to be unde

> Most users want to use a given piece of software. If they can’t, they usually consider that a defect of the software in question. You somehow seem to be under the impression that all users are the same, which evidently they're not, then we wouldn't have many distributions. Of course, most macOS and Windows users think exactly like how you outline. But the typical Debian, Ubuntu or Arch user don't think like that, as they typically understand what kind of environment and ecosystem they're in, where they don't expect every software developer to understand every distribution. > But let’s not pretend that maintainer curation is something the average user trying to run a new piece of software cares about. What in my comments gave you the impression that I'm trying to argue for this at all? Of course they don't care, otherwise they'd be maintainers themselves.