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Yes packaging RPMs for random little things is annoying, but not an unsolvable issue.
I think there is a tool to make RPMs from directory structures, but I also never built an RPM.
sddm2rpm is a good example of such a hack.
I've tried looking up guides, and it's not a simple task, especially if you're reverse engineering somebody else's script. If I can just run it in a bootable container as if I was using a typical mutable system, that's something pretty much everybody can do.
But I agree, there's a few tools that make building RPMs and flatpaks easier, and it can be done. It's just that the learning curve is steeper, and that is going to keep certain people away from immutable distros.