• I didn’t mean running on the top of some distro

    i wrote that 1st paragraph just in case.

    but “native” compatibility to existing packaging

    2nd paragraph

    if the packages are (at least source-level) compatible to something existing and widespread and run as first-class citizens there.

    Traditional package managers and formats are so bad… Well Unix, GNU/Linux is a mess.

    no current better way around it other than the Nix and Guix way. Flatpak is the 2nd better current model for portability. Today I only package to Nix and Guix; sometimes Flatpak as well.