Debian packages are often old. Hence people found a way around.
> You just described how the script is less convenient to meet the preferences of the commenter you replied to.
Well… no. The person I reply to doesn’t say anything about preferences. They want to know how to update the software, the script is the best reference.
A debian package relieves them of the overhead you describe by having a few people do the work for anyone else that uses the package.