Re: Hobbyware WinCrap 11 strikes again

On 15 Feb 2025 22:36:39 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:

No distro maintainer will package an unknown software made by un unknown
developer.

Not sure what that’s supposed to mean. There are a couple of packages in
the standard Debian repo with my name on them; do I count as an “unknown
developer” to you?

Debian is huge: I think there’s something like 50,000 packages in the
standard repo. You think there are that number of famous-name developers
out there?

Remember also that each distro includes all the tools for maintenance of
the distro itself, as open source, in its standard repo. It is usually
quite easy for users to create their own add-on repos, with additional
packages not available in the standard distribution -- Ubuntu PPAs are one
well-known example of this.

And from there, it’s not a big step, if there is sufficient demand, for a
package to migrate from an “unofficial” repo to an “official” one.

This is how the Open Source community works. Everything comes from those
who choose to contribute, not from those who just sit on their bums and
complain.