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Do Linux distributions developers use their own distro for work in their distro? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by NONE_dc@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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What I mean is: do Arch Linux developers use Arch Linux to develop Arch Linux? Do Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, and others do the same? Or is it a case of "the cobbler's children have no shoes"?

It seems obvious, but it may be more complicated than it appears.

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[–] algernon@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

Most often, yes. But there are exceptions. A lot of Ubuntu developers were on Debian in the early days for example. I imagine some still are - there's a bit of overlap between Debian & Ubuntu developers here and there.

I maintained packages in various BSDs pkgsrc/ports tree, even though I never daily drove any of them, and had them in a virtual machine at best.