I don’t know, but I am here for it. I feel the same way, but also it seems unlikely anything will compete with package availability without introducing some other issues. I tried Tumbleweed and didn’t like package management there either, specifically because of patterns. Some of my issues might be fixed in a newer install or could be done manually with help via the wiki, like auto-updating mirrors so there never is an issue, but honestly I just haven’t bothered.

Well, some of my issue is probably just having DSL internet (6-8Mbps, also up to 3 other people using it) making updating more of a pain than it needs to be (including update frequency, trying other distros). Package sharing might be easier if my house had ethernet hookups, too (I’m using a not-very-good method now, a more official method that may be better was probably bugged when I tried it).

EDIT: I also wouldn’t say I can feel the bloat on my system, but I do have some dread about lots of dependencies it seems I can’t do much about (seeing a ton of python or KDE packages on update). The bigger issue is that I never have much luck updating the AUR stuff, also no-longer-available stuff (it got a bit better once with a re-install, but now it’s back to where it was). I tried flatpaks at one point but I got tired of updating those separately (I don’t know if hooks were added later or available manually, though I do wish I could choose major-versions only or some other way for less frequent updates of certain software).