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 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: D.J.J. Ring, Jr. mailto:[email protected] > To: Discussion of CHIRP mailto:[email protected] > Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2020 3:14 AM > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Why Isn't Chirp In The Main Repository Of > LinuxDistros? > > CHIRP is in Debian. > > Maybe you're using the wrong distribution? > > 73 > > DR > N1EA > > On Thu, Oct 8, 2020, 00:52 Glenn K0LNY <[email protected] > mailto:[email protected] > wrote: > > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > > chirp_users mailing list > > [email protected] > > mailto:[email protected] > > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > > This message was sent to D.J.J. Ring, Jr. at [email protected] > > mailto:[email protected] > > To unsubscribe, send an email to > > [email protected] > > mailto:[email protected] > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > [email protected] > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to Glenn at [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list > [email protected] > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was > sent to Nigel Gunn, W8IFF at [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected] > Nigel A. Gunn, ///shoulders.outwards.resolutions tel +1-937-971-0366 Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF and GMRS WRBV701, e-mail [email protected] www http://www.ngunn.net
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