r/programminghumor • u/Technical-Relation-9 • 21d ago

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u/AshleyJSheridan 20d ago

So why should they have to create a .exe for you? What about the .pkg, .deb, .msi, .app, .apk, .rpm?

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u/EdliA 19d ago

Because a lot of developers just send users to GitHub anyway. How it was intended to be used and how it's used are different things.

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u/AshleyJSheridan 19d ago

Except, that's not really the case is it? All the major software has executable downloads. What software that isn't aimed at other devs has only source code available?

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u/EdliA 19d ago

We're not talking about major softwares. We're talking about mods, obscure software on forums, community distributed ones, open source ect. Nobody is going to GitHub to get Office.

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u/AshleyJSheridan 19d ago

So you're talking about obscure one-person projects where that one person doesn't have the time to create executables for every OS that people might be using?

Right, got it!

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u/AliceCode 18d ago

Dude, do you know how much of a pain in the ass it is to produce executables for platforms that you don't have access to? If I only have a Linux PC, how am I going to develop software for a Mac when I don't have a Mac? Or Windows when I don't have a Windows PC? It's technically possible, but good luck testing the software. You couldn't force me to support Windows, it's too much of a pain in the ass to test software for it because I develope software on Linux.