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Re:DUR: The Debian User Repository by AussieWog93 on Saturday June 26, 2021 @07:14AM (#27640937)
>they don't harm people since they're not required to try or use them

For users, no. For devs, there absolutely is pressure to support and maintain multiple distribution methods for Linux users.

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Re:DUR: The Debian User Repository by seba_dos1 on Saturday June 26, 2021 @11:26AM (#27642681)
I don't think that's true. Usually upstream devs and distro maintainers are different people. If I ever see packaging maintained by upstream, it's more often than not just for a single distro (most commonly Flatpak, then Ubuntu).
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Re:DUR: The Debian User Repository by TheFreim on Saturday June 26, 2021 @07:44AM (#27641064)
That's a good point.
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