[im3w1l]

Consistency is a non-issue for me. Reason I don't do it is because neither the update nor the uninstall experience are standardized and good.

I guess what I would really want is a) manually built packages install into opt and use a mechanism like update-alternatives to get things into PATH or wherever they need to be. b) Possibility to track an https endpoint for information about new releases. Could be something as simple as a text file of all versions with url of tarball and a flag for whether the version has known security issues.