I think the real real problem is that assuming a "package maintainer" must exist for every single goddamn software package for every single goddamn Linux distribution has very obvious human scalability problems.

Just because an infinite number of monkeys appeared to create Debian does not mean it is a safe assumption to assume that there are many other groups of infinite monkeys out there to support every other software ecosystem.

Eventually, the Linux community will figure out that they've run out of bodies to build the same crap over-and-over and 'binary compatibility' will stop being a dirty word.