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[–] bikergang_accountant 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago  (edited ago)

There once was a universal package. It was called ./configure make install.
But that was too complicated and people wanted to use new tools that would make compiling less uniform.
There once was a universal package. It was called debian.
But then redhat needed to make there own so now we have more than one system and it's no longer universal.

If you want universal packages and you want to make things easy on future attempts at universality such as docker, get your shit as close to universal at the lower level. I don't care if it isn't c. If you make your software can ./configure make make install I immediately have huge respect for you.