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fwiw, on Windows MSIX deduplicates identical files across all package installs.

• rbanffy 6y ago
  It gives rise to some interesting issues - if program A wants to update IMPORT~1.DLL that was installed also by program B, what happens if B requires a different version of IMPORT~1.DLL?
  • pjmlp 6y ago
    They don't, because MSIX introduces UWP sandboxes also for Win32 applications.
    • rbanffy 6y ago
      In other words, because runtime dependency management is terrible, Microsoft added a core feature to the OS.
      • pjmlp 6y ago
        Yeah, lets pretend SNAP and Flatpak don't exist.
        • rbanffy 6y ago
          No, but we can pretend they are a good idea.
  • contextfree 6y ago
    Then they'll no longer be identical, so they'll go back to having separate files.