So true - I packaged C++, C and recently Python app for Linux and it takes me so much time even if I try to automate as much as possible. I hate it. I needed to read through poor or obsolete documentation, non-existent guides and tools, do ugly tricks, use various exceptionsto make it usable/work ... and now generative AI policies and exceptions. I use Linux exclusively for ~30 years, but packaging for Windows via winget was actually much simpler:-/

Exactly. It's ironic that the end result is "windows is easier". Ugh.