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>> Software distribution is a trivial corner case that does not justify either the complexity or the security risk of giving that out.

Yes, we already have to choose between OSX, Windows and Linux. We could just as well point at Apple and say it's not right to call Intel and ARM versions of their OS the same thing. No no, just make the user select the right one. Automating this decision is a very minor convenience thing we can live without.

Our "trivial corner case" is somewhere north of 1M downloads per month. We offer packages for several OS+architecture combinations, and being able to highlight the appropriate download link adds a non-trivial bit of convenience for our users.

Software distribution is a rather critical task in general purpose computing!