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Package request: revisit distrobox inclusion

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Description

Package name

distrobox

Package homepage

https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox

Description

Hello, can this be reconsidered? I have both my own container runtime and podman, but when doing certain experiments, it would really be useful to just quickly "distrobox stuff".

Dristobox minimizes lot of podman spelunking and other unproductive and lost time. Especially when you are not running "app containers" but are using containers for dev and research purposes.

According to my research distrobox wraps podman so the deps should be minimal, if podman is already present...

Distrobox request was originally rejected in #36341and #50512. I am creating 3rd issue, because normal users don't have right to reopen old issues.

Does the requested package meet the package requirements?

Compiled, System

Is the requested package released?

Yes

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Review the upstream distrobox project and the package requirements stated in this issue, then read the earlier requests in #36341 and #50512 to understand why inclusion was rejected. Done means establishing whether the request now meets the repository's requirements and whether package inclusion should proceed.

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Assessment

Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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