Then you can be the one who'll package it for your distro.

AndrewDucker 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Sorry, I don't have those skills, or any spare time.

And if you want a system whereby software only gets made available if distro-providers care enough, then that's fine. But you're putting a filter between the software producer and non-technical users, and you should be aware that this is a choice you're making.

	▲	seba_dos1 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It has worked for decades and many thousands of packages just fine. If nobody cares enough to make the application available, perhaps it just shouldn't be there.

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_sinelaw_ 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You still need the distro maintainers to cooperate. And the packaging itself can be highly involved (as in the case of rust dependencies on Debian)

	▲	seba_dos1 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Of course you do, that's where the value comes from after all.