Anyone ever use Chocolatey and be kinda weirded out on how it works?
Supposedly it runs scripts to download/install software from official sources, but its community packages page looks like an app store that the software vendors wrote off on... until you realize they didn't.
@PepVerbsNouns for me, it's "why do i want a setup.exe wrapper instead of a real package manager?"
missed opportunity there
missed opportunity there
@libc The main reason I can think of is proprietaty software vendors (many of whom typically only really support Windows) aren't willing to get on board with a third-party package manager.
I do agree that open source software should distribute directly via Chocolatey tho
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Try scoop, its much cleaner experience. https://scoop.sh
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@nikolal This looks much more legitimate. I'll give it a shot. Thanks!
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Also, here is comparison with Chocolatey: https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop/wiki/Chocolatey-Comparison