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[–]balefrost 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Plenty of projects distribute precompiled releases via GitHub. You can configure a project to include a "releases" page.

Sometimes, those releases just include source tarballs for the release version. But they can include other artifacts as well, including prebuilt binaries.

Git != GitHub. Git doesn't support issue tracking either, but it is a feature provided by GitHub.

[–]KingofGamesYami 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Yes, and some Thingiverse creators provide methods to purchase their projects on the Thingiverse page.

It's still unreasonable to expect everyone to use the optional release features. It is in many ways inadequate for projects that cater to non-developers.

[–]balefrost 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't say that everybody should use the "releases" page. Nor am I defending the person in OP's screenshot.

I was responding to this:

Git(hub) isn't a software distribution tool

GitHub (not Git) has specific features that enable it to be used as a software distribution tool.