Even worse nightmare is pretending that the code is more stable just by labeling it as "package vX.Y.Z" and hiding the actual meat behind such "profesionally" looking cortain.
And yes, I'm an admin for 15 years.
My experience is when software is bad, it's just bad. No packaging system will help it. If I have a suspicion it's bad, I want to see quickly just how bad it is and check if I can repair it in half of an hour or drop entirely. Github helps with such decision greatly.
I'm not making the argument that giving a package a static label makes it better, I'm arguing that it makes it more consistently identifiable. When you're trying to figure out what's breaking your system, consistency is the key to isolation.
And yes, I'm an admin for 15 years.
My experience is when software is bad, it's just bad. No packaging system will help it. If I have a suspicion it's bad, I want to see quickly just how bad it is and check if I can repair it in half of an hour or drop entirely. Github helps with such decision greatly.