Most Synergy users don't use repos, or Linux for that matter, so this new model works for Synergy (though, it probably wouldn't so well for a Linux-only project

Most Synergy users don't use repos, or Linux for that matter, so this new model works for Synergy (though, it probably wouldn't so well for a Linux-only project). Also, repos tend to have much older versions (at least in Synergy's case).