Debian discusses vendoring—again

Posted Jan 13, 2021 19:45 UTC (Wed) by dottedmag (subscriber, #18590)
In reply to: Debian discusses vendoring—again by liori
Parent article: Debian discusses vendoring—again

> And as a user, I don't want to download my applications each from a different source. I don't want to remember to update them, each using a different tool.

That's a solved problem, I believe.

> And I want to reduce the risks involved with updates breaking my workflows.

I feel for you and many more (myself included) who are either stuck with old version of software and no support or forced to upgrade to incompatible version. As developers we ought to treat our users better and break less, that's for sure.

Debian discusses vendoring—again

Posted Jan 14, 2021 13:15 UTC (Thu) by LtWorf (subscriber, #124958) [Link]

> That's a solved problem, I believe.

It is, for software that respects licenses, policies, and is not a nightmare to package.

But you just said you don't want to do any of those things with the software you write. So it's not solved for your software.