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Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (npub1ysu…2jyl) I once tried the simplest on first glance thing: compile my own free and open software targeting all actual versions of various Linux distros, just to let users install a package using their distro package management.
That was my worst nightmare.
1) It's not easy to keep up with whatever every distro has. <--- which is where I have my grudge against everything that's not Portage... I kinda miss my Gentoo days :(
2) It's possible to make portable binaries but not always, something unexpectedly breaks anyway and it's always some tradeoff on a toolchain side. <--- which is where I have my main grudge against musl which doesn't even want to keep compatibility
3) It's possible to "bring your own distro" but it's also not flawless and overly bloated like Flatpak.
4) It's much easier to make building as simple as possible and instruct users on what to do <-- which is where I have my grudge against hard to maintain build systems like cmake and autotools
That was my worst nightmare.
1) It's not easy to keep up with whatever every distro has. <--- which is where I have my grudge against everything that's not Portage... I kinda miss my Gentoo days :(
2) It's possible to make portable binaries but not always, something unexpectedly breaks anyway and it's always some tradeoff on a toolchain side. <--- which is where I have my main grudge against musl which doesn't even want to keep compatibility
3) It's possible to "bring your own distro" but it's also not flawless and overly bloated like Flatpak.
4) It's much easier to make building as simple as possible and instruct users on what to do <-- which is where I have my grudge against hard to maintain build systems like cmake and autotools