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Do they never learn?
by robert_foss 10y ago
Do they never learn?
- ZenoArrow 10y agoWhat's wrong with Snaps? I'd say it's a good approach in many cases.
- wmf 10y agoUpstream GNOME is working on Flatpak, so is Ubuntu going to ship GNOME or GNOME-with-Flatpak-stripped-out?
- ZenoArrow 10y agoOkay, but from what I've seen Snaps are better (from the perspective of flexibility and simplicity) than Flatpak, isn't this a case where it'd be better for GNOME to adapt rather than vice versa?
- jhasse 10y agoWe'll see, atm Flatpak has already been adapted pretty well: https://kamikazow.wordpress.com/2017/02/09/adoption-of-flatpak-vs-snap/ https://kamikazow.wordpress.com/2017/02/09/adoption-of-flatp... Try the Firefox Nightly for example: https://firefox-flatpak.mojefedora.cz/ https://firefox-flatpak.mojefedora.cz/
- clvx 10y agoIn distros yes, but in market snappy has been well received https://partners.ubuntu.com/programmes/iot https://partners.ubuntu.com/programmes/iot . For me the next move of which package manager will be adopted is gonna be based on companies which are gonna develop on it and get support. Only when Red Hat enters the game, you'll see a big adoption of snaps. For now, Canonical is ahead in this game.
- clvx 10y agoIf they are going to integrate gnome with snaps and snaps having an actual market, I doubt flatpak can compete against them. BUT, it would be easier for Canonical if they do something with their CAL, that'd be the real game changer.
- jbicha 10y agoThere is nothing to strip out. The GNOME Software app (an app store) has an optional Flatpak plugin but except for that, nothing in GNOME depends on Flatpak.
- apexalpha 10y agoSnaps have very real advantages for both users and developers. I'm in favour of them!
- jhasse 10y agoCan you name these advantages over Flatpak?
- dragonwriter 10y agoFlatpak is designed for desktop and relies on that environment, snap is designed for both server and desktop use.
- jhasse 10y agoFor servers there's docker which works great already. We'll see.