InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhy don't more distributions have something like the AUR when it's the main reason why so many people use Arch Linux?message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1message-squareWhy don't more distributions have something like the AUR when it's the main reason why so many people use Arch Linux?InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareD_Air1@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoProbably for the same reasons why there are so many packaging formats in the first place. If everyone settled on deb, rpm, or arch style tar packages. Then we wouldn’t need the aur, flatpak, snap, appimage or anything else.
minus-squareOsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThat’s it. We’ll create a new standard that unites them all!
Probably for the same reasons why there are so many packaging formats in the first place. If everyone settled on deb, rpm, or arch style tar packages. Then we wouldn’t need the aur, flatpak, snap, appimage or anything else.
That’s it. We’ll create a new standard that unites them all!
Yep and then it’s back to square one.