Developers shouldn't distribute their own software

A 2019 opinion piece arguing that software developers should not take on the responsibility of distributing their own software to end users. Instead, they should publish source tarballs and let Linux/Unix distributions handle packaging. The author contends that distro maintainers provide crucial value: auditing for malware, enforcing system conventions, managing updates, and verifying signatures. Managed repositories like Debian and Alpine are contrasted favorably against unmanaged ones like PyPI and npm, which are prone to malware. Developers are advised to simply publish tarballs and trust the distro ecosystem.