

Sure, it would have, but I was following the time-honored tradition of reading only the title and the Lemmy comments without clicking through to the full article. If that comment hadn’t been there, it is possible that my intrigue and confusion would have been sufficient to make me betray my legacy and bring shame to my family by actually reading the linked article. Disaster avoided!
Just a nitpick: the version will let behind in all Debian-based distros, there’s no “may” about it. Any software that is still receiving regular updates will have a much older version in the distros’ apt repositories, often even several years old. It might still be fine - apt is a good example, the old version can almost definitely do everything you need - but it’s important to be aware of this.