Hacker News with Generative AI: Software Distribution

Why does Debian change software? (liw.fi)
When I wrote Why is Debian the way it is?, a year and a half ago, I was asked to also cover why Debian changes the software it packages.

Linux, Debian, Software Distribution

266 points by tapanjk 1 day ago | 200 comments

Show HN: Distr – open-source distribution platform for on-prem deployments (github.com/glasskube)
Distr is the easiest way to distribute enterprise software to customer-controlled or shared-responsibility environments.

Open Source, Software Distribution, Enterprise Software, On-Premise Deployments

117 points by louis_w_gk 114 days ago | 23 comments

Using Uv as an Installer (aider.chat)
It’s hard to reliably package and distribute python command line tools to end users. Users frequently encounter challenges: dependency version conflicts, virtual environment management, needing to install python or a specific version of python, etc.

Python, Software Distribution

12 points by ingve 127 days ago | 0 comments