[conspire] People failing to learn about package gatekeeping, part 1

[Syeed Ali]

On Sun, 17 Apr 2022 12:21:32 -0700
Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:

> Here, one of innumerable examples of the "circumvent the package
> regime" questionable idea:  PyPI (Python Package Index).  
> 
> CPAN, RubyGems, npm, Composer, PEAR, PyPI, NuGet, addons.mozilla.org,
> gnome-look.org, Ubuntu PPAs, and upstream maintainer sites cited in
> passing, ditto.  All deliberately circumvent the orderliness and
> protection of your package regime, to your detriment, and should be
> used, if at all, with reluctance, caution, _and expertise_.

Not to get into it, but I know at least one of them that worked
to trick it's users (software developers) to make a certain
legal-social agreement.

Actually I can think of three.