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"It doesn't make sense for every single distro to maintain customized versions of user level applications" Why it needs to be a customized package? Software is
by wheelerof4te 3y ago
"It doesn't make sense for every single distro to maintain customized versions of user level applications"
Why it needs to be a customized package? Software is software and every Linux application which is open-source can be compiled and placed in /usr/local or whatever non-system level directory.
Why is it so hard to compile the latest supported version and package it in a distro-agnostic way?
- Gigachad 3y agoIt isn't that hard, that's exactly what flatpak is doing.
- wheelerof4te 3y agoFlatpak requires runtimes, not libraries. Most devel libraries don't take up GBs of disk space as Flatpak runtimes do. Also, Flatpak apps are containerized. That usually means they aren't bare metal.