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There is a very good and strong use case for a "distribution" of packages working well together. But those packages need to be selected carefully.

• qbasic_forever 4y ago
  I agree but I don't think the software packages themselves should be held back by the available time and attention of packagers. In the new world a packager or distro creator can just pick and choose what flatpaks, snaps, appimage, etc. sources they deem good enough to push to users. They shouldn't be a roadblock in the way of users getting the latest version of software.
  • bombolo 4y ago
    Then you install the new version, find out it requires a new version of python and all its libraries, but you can't install it because pytorch only works on old versions of python.
    • qbasic_forever 4y ago
      That doesn't happen when apps are packaged in their own containers with all dependencies. The new version you installed has its own python dependencies.