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Nineteen distribution channels later: what it actually costs to give a terminal editor away for free on Linux, and why the next step is a static musl binary that updates itself.
  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
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    11 days ago

    that defeats the purpose of a package manager

    I suspect you’re confusing the package manager with the supply chain. This should always be separate, lest we get some systemd-like spongiform blob with no ability to swap out and improve parts without discarding the whole.

    Unless you’re Lennart, it’s a bad idea.