[chirp_users] Why Isn't Chirp In The Main Repository Of LinuxDistros?

[Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF]

Because someone has to upload updates to all those repositories in several different file formats.

Windows doesn't have repositories, you just re-install a recent copy.

Chirp doesn't HAVE to be installed into Linux fron a repository. It can just be unzipped into a folder and run.


>     On 08/10/2020 09:14 Glenn K0LNY <glennervin at cableone.net> wrote:
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> 
>     Well the example I gave wasn't the point that you seem to have assumed.
>     Chirp, I suppose can be installed on all Linux versions, and windows as well.
>     My question is why Chirp, and other softwares for that matter, have their own repository, and not in the main repositories of all Linux distros.
>     Glenn
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>     Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Why Isn't Chirp In The Main Repository Of LinuxDistros?
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>     CHIRP is in Debian.
> 
>     Maybe you're using the wrong distribution?
> 
>     73
> 
>     DR
>     N1EA 
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>     On Thu, Oct 8, 2020, 00:52 Glenn K0LNY <glennervin at cableone.net mailto:glennervin at cableone.net > wrote:
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>         > >         Hi,
> >         I've added the DanSmith repository enough times now that I can do it without looking for the exact syntax.
> >         But I keep wondering why Chirp is not in all Linux stable repositories.
> >         I mean that if I want something like speech-dispatcher, I don't need to add a repository to get it.
> >         As popular as Chirp is, can't it just be in all Linux repositories?
> >         Thanks for any info, I have been web searching for an explanation as to why this is in general, but I have only gotten a history of repositories without really explaining an answer to my question.
> > 
> >         Glenn
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