Certbot deprecates operating system packages, “standardizes” on snaps

Re:Certbot deprecates operating system packages, “standardiz... by hlieberman on Monday January 18, 2021 @02:06AM (#25819064)

As the maintainer of certbot for Debian, I promise you that there's no intention of deprecating the certbot packages that exist in the archive. The EFF fully supports this decision and has promised to continue to assist. Their recommendation for snaps is meant to target new and inexperienced users who may not understand why they are not getting the latest software when they see it was updated "on the website".

If any of you have concerns specifically about certbot on Debian, please feel free to contact me directly at my username @debian.org.

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Re:Certbot deprecates operating system packages, “standardiz... by detaro on Monday January 18, 2021 @12:23PM (#25824065)

Giving new and inexperienced users yet another thing to install (and potentially break) feels like the wrong tradeoff IMHO.

But good to know it'll continue to be packaged (even though I didn't expect anything else from Debian). Thanks for your work!

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Re:Certbot deprecates operating system packages, “standardiz... by traveler01 on Monday January 18, 2021 @06:28AM (#25820654)

Thank you! I was concerned I'd have to install Snap on my Debian server.

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Re:Certbot deprecates operating system packages, “standardiz... by ohazi on Monday January 18, 2021 @03:07AM (#25819394)

Good to hear, and thanks for your work on this!

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Re:Certbot deprecates operating system packages, “standardiz... by mariopal on Monday January 18, 2021 @03:38AM (#25819578)

Thanks for your work!

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