Remove package manager installation instructions from readme #2
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Due to license documentation issues, most package managers provide a version of the Arduino IDE that is outdated by 4.5 years. For this reason, recommending installation of the Arduino IDE from a package manager is a bad idea.
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On the flip side, recommending that people install proprietary software built by a single organization without external audit is not a good idea either. Perhaps it makes more sense to fix arduino/Arduino#2703, make Arduino a libre software package again, and allow distributions to build and distribute Arduino? |
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Due to license documentation issues, most package managers provide a version of the Arduino IDE that is outdated by 5 years. For this reason, recommending installation of the Arduino IDE from a package manager is a bad idea.