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And thus we re-invent shared libraries? Like that's not even really a snarky question; isn't that sort of restarting the cycle?

• 2OEH8eoCRo0 4y ago
  Good point. Yes. But there are too many versions and varieties. In the same vein there is a lot of variety of image layers. What problem does Flatpak solve? I assume it's because it's tough to create Linux desktop applications when you have no idea what shared libraries, compiler, or version expect.
  • hotpotamus 4y ago
    I always thought of containers as essentially a universal linux package manager. If you ever yum install something and see it pull in dependencies, it's not like there's an elegant software solution that makes that happen; it's work done by people who maintain lists of what each package requires and compatible versions. Red Hat puts considerable effort into that, and it's work duplicated by other distros, each with their own packaging idiosyncrasies.
  • Brian_K_White 4y ago
    So we reinvented static binaries, except 500x worse.