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I agree with @sunjam and @korelstar that this conversation is valuable, but I also emphasize the sense of the latter's remarks that the design can follow many potential pathways, and...

Further to the previous comments, I make the small note that expanding abstraction and flexibility incurs certain costs, particularly respecting interoperation with other software and platforms. If text is added...

@korelstar: I am wondering why you removed the discussion tag. If you believe that numerous details need to be clarified before any requested feature reasonably can be considered, then is...

> While I think they are quite obvious for admins, providing command lines for adding the repo key, e.g., might be more expressive and convenient to use. It is obvious,...

Note the format I suggested follows a nearly-universal convention. It is no wonder I forgot myself to include the `sudo`, as mostly I am not needing to think of it....

> Lot's of the systems I manage don't even have _sudo_ installed. If any are Debian or Ubuntu, then I suspect you had changed the configuration after installation, or had...

> I'm not sure where that info is coming from, but that's not the case, at least not with regards to Debian. Project-specific guidelines are available for [Debian](https://wiki.debian.org/sudo) and [Ubuntu](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo)...

> Regardless, it should also be noted that `apt-key` has been deprecated and Bullseye is the last Debian release which will include it. Yes, good point. I can't speak on...

> might be not that easy to get a "one-size fits all" command line that works reliably like a snap. I think it's not a problem to instruct the user...

I have installed from the PPA `bookworm-team/bookworm`, under Mint 19.3, and have no problems of this kind. Perhaps the issue is less likely to appear on newer OS versions. If...