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Not sure which package problems are swept away according to you? You mean possible issues with library reuse, devendoring, etc? Besides, why 2 KDE AND 2 Gnome

by gbraad 3y ago

Not sure which package problems are swept away according to you? You mean possible issues with library reuse, devendoring, etc? Besides, why 2 KDE AND 2 Gnome versions would be needed. The 'minimal' freedesktop would most likely suffice.

bandrami 3y ago
Do you use flatpaks? Each application brings with it a desktop runtime (Gnome or KDE or sometimes just the FDo that underlies Gnome and KDE), and each of those desktop runtimes is versioned. The problem is these don't get updated on Flathub at the same time, so the vector art editor brings one version of Gnome and the IDE brings a different version of Gnome. Now, it's possible to build my own flatpaks and keep everything updated, but if I'm doing that I might as well just build the actual software and use the distro's package management system.