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>works on any linux distro (that has flatpak installed Given that they were wrangling about not requiring an external libSDL dependency, it's unlikely they'll
by Arnavion 5y ago
>works on any linux distro (that has flatpak installed
Given that they were wrangling about not requiring an external libSDL dependency, it's unlikely they'll want to require an external flatpak dependency.
- jms55 5y agoI don't think it's a big deal, while libSDL is. If you dynamically linked to libSDL, you'd have to tell users "find your libSDL package (probably not called libSDL), install it, and then hope it's new enough / no bugs / etc. All the usual issues with dynamically linking to libraries that aren't under your control. Flatpak is "We use the flatpak format, if you don't already have it, go to https://flatpak.org/setup/ https://flatpak.org/setup/ and press your distro icon". Much more user friendly, and the hope is that flatpak becomes the standard way to distribute linux apps in the future anyways. Fedora already preinstalls flatpak, hopefully ubuntu and debian will follow (although that's unlikely since ubuntu has snap).