Well, just because it's not relevant to a regular user doesn't mean it's not relevant to me and people like me.
The regular user only installs software others have packaged.
I end up packaging software sometimes (maintain a few AUR packages) but my main use-case is being able to modify the packaging myself for private use, generally to apply custom patches or alter compiler flags etc.
Being able to do all of this easily without ending up with a pile of goop everywhere from `git clone thing && cd thing && make && sudo make install` is nice.
The regular user only installs software others have packaged.
I end up packaging software sometimes (maintain a few AUR packages) but my main use-case is being able to modify the packaging myself for private use, generally to apply custom patches or alter compiler flags etc.
Being able to do all of this easily without ending up with a pile of goop everywhere from `git clone thing && cd thing && make && sudo make install` is nice.