> To me that shows that none of those approaches are solving 100% of problems that you encounter in the wild.
The problem is a self-enforced one by developers. They chase the newest updates instead of focusing on stability. And bundling security and feature changes. And they want to push those updates instead of people pulling it in.
> And yet this is a problem that so many third-party vendors who try to support multiple Linux distributions have been struggling for years?
Are those complaints done in good faith? Most repos allow for custom repositories. And writing a build script are not that difficult. If Calibre, VLC, Firefox, and Blender can be everywhere, so can those applications.
> A problem we may not care about, but some companies do.
The problem is a self-enforced one by developers. They chase the newest updates instead of focusing on stability. And bundling security and feature changes. And they want to push those updates instead of people pulling it in.
> And yet this is a problem that so many third-party vendors who try to support multiple Linux distributions have been struggling for years?
Are those complaints done in good faith? Most repos allow for custom repositories. And writing a build script are not that difficult. If Calibre, VLC, Firefox, and Blender can be everywhere, so can those applications.
> A problem we may not care about, but some companies do.
Do they? Or is just IT playing with the knobs?