I am very skeptical of this. Exactly which developers are being driven away "in droves" because of packaging system differences? If you want to make a case for that assertion, you're going to have to identify them, so they can be counted.

If it turns out that there are many developers who think like this, someone ought to let them know that they don't have to package open-source software for every distro out there in order to reach all the major distros. Just package it for one, or even none, and let package maintainers do their thing.

Or, are you talking about proprietary software? That would be a different discussion.

[–] Ooops@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

Even if maintainers wouldn't just package stuff themselves. How many formats do you need to cover 95% of the eco system? More than 3?