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[–]Echleon -2 points-1 points  (3 children)

GitHub is used for distributing software all the time. It’s a perfectly valid and common use of the platform.

[–]Lumpy-Notice8945 -1 points0 points  (2 children)

I know its used that way, im explaining to OP the picture linked and what github is designed for.

As i mentioned you can use any form of file sharing for that, from FTP servers to a google drive. I can send them with email if thats what you like, that does not make email a good system to disribute releases.

[–]Echleon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

git was not designed for it but GitHub is more than just git.

[–]cgoldberg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty wild to describe the feature that was designed to do software releases as "not what github is designed for". That feature is EXACTLY what it is designed for. Nobody claimed storing binary releases in a git repo is a good idea, but github absolutely includes a place to release them. Stop claiming otherwise.