2. apt repositories are cryptographically signed, centrally controlled, and legally accountable.
3. apt search is understood to be approximate, distro-scoped, and slow-moving. Results change slowly and rarely break scripts. PyPI search rankings change frequently by necessity
4. Turning PyPI search into an apt-like experience would require distributing a signed, periodically refreshed global metadata corpus to every client. At PyPI’s scale, that is nontrivial in bandwidth, storage, and governance terms
5. apt search works because the repository is curated, finite, and opinionated
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1. Debian is local first via client side cache
2. apt repositories are cryptographically signed, centrally controlled, and legally accountable.
3. apt search is understood to be approximate, distro-scoped, and slow-moving. Results change slowly and rarely break scripts. PyPI search rankings change frequently by necessity
4. Turning PyPI search into an apt-like experience would require distributing a signed, periodically refreshed global metadata corpus to every client. At PyPI’s scale, that is nontrivial in bandwidth, storage, and governance terms
5. apt search works because the repository is curated, finite, and opinionated