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You should try to package one of your projects for DEB and RPM.
Then you will definitely understand why no one wants to do this shit.
These two archaic package-formats are so bloated and shitty documented that its pretty much impossible, for the average enduser, to create a new package.
Now look at pacman.
You have your PKGBUILD, essentially a bash-script, which contains options and functions.
Creating your own packages is so easy, there is an entire repo consisting of user-made packages. -
@metamourge I once had to build a package and for Debian and just could not find a complete example showing how and what to do... Luckily rusts paketmanager cargo had me covered there. Just one command and out pops a complete package with all metadata added
Our teacher is the best... His code (nula means zero):
I am slightly upset about this shit
i'm waiting for a package manager to come out that compiles everything you have it install from source to "guarantee" it runs on your machine, then have it autopost a SO question when it fails (not if, WHEN) and autotest answers given, then if it didn't work it'd reply saying it didn't work and giving the new error (if appropriate). This'd shut up the "lol it works on my side" and "lol compiling's easy" douchebags and also probably help drive home the importance of providing binaries for things and making them well.
also fuck devkitPro, it's not unreasonable to provide packages for other package managers than Arch's pacman since EVERYONE ELSE DOES IT. And no, "lol just compile from source" doesn't help as it doesn't work when you do. And it doesn't work BECAUSE you don't WANT it to so we HAVE to patchwork pacman into our other distros to get your shitty dev tools. you could also just provide a fucking zip of everything compiled, since then there'd be less effort than maintaining your own copy of pacman and servers and shit just to try and help people desperate enough to try crippling their Windows/Mac/Linux install all because they haven't drank the Arch koolaid.
Fuck those douchebags, fuck devkitPro and... probably fuck you too? Probably? Maybe?
holy shit i really needed to get that shit off my chest i apologize for that
rant
devkitarm
i wanna die
"lol just compile it"
douchebags
devkitpro