Why not distribute boards.txt as fallback with ino package?

[cookiengineer]

Hey guys,

I wanted to get started with this tool, but I have no effing clue how to get it run.
Command line prints that you can force model via "--board-model uno" but it always keeps searching for the boards.txt.

I know that the boards.txt is inside the Arduino IDE, but isn't the purpose of this tool to have NOT the Arduino IDE installed?

Why can't the boards.txt just be shipped locally or even just completely be ignored?
For first-time users this is pain to setup, as there is NO instructions on your website.

edit:// nevermind, works with the arduino and avr package being installed and fixed with the boards.txt with a manual mv to the suggested path.

Are there any debian packages and/or installation integrations for Linux distributions to have this all setup properly on install?

[shaleh]

You just apt-get install arduino picocom and then install ino from github or via pip.