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The upsides would be - Easy use on immutable distros - The user doesn't have to make sure they have the right version of Java installed - Auto-updates even if

by rbits 1y ago

The upsides would be - Easy use on immutable distros - The user doesn't have to make sure they have the right version of Java installed - Auto-updates even if there is no repo for your specific distro And also you can find it through searching on Flathub I guess

thangalin 1y ago
> And also you can find it through searching on Flathub I guess Did you click the third link I posted, which searches Flathub for KmCaster only to come up dry? This was point (c): You have to trust that their search engine is correct, maintained, and updated. That doesn't come for free, it takes effort, and things go wrong.
- Lariscus 1y ago
  This isn't a bug. Kmcaster is unmaintained and has been removed from flathub. [0] https://flathub.org/apps/com.whitemagicsoftware.kmcaster https://flathub.org/apps/com.whitemagicsoftware.kmcaster
  - thangalin 1y ago
    This only supports my point about having more stuff to maintain. Now there's this GitHub page having a large "Download on Flathub" link that goes absolutely nowhere because the package is unmaintained. Who makes the GitHub page go away? https://github.com/flathub/com.whitemagicsoftware.kmcaster?tab=readme-ov-file https://github.com/flathub/com.whitemagicsoftware.kmcaster?t... Also, the image on that page is outdated, which would have been one more thing to maintain. In addition, the install instructions are four lines of code to run, compared with three lines of code to download without Flathub. My point stands: Flathub adds an unnecessary maintenance burden (to some projects).
- preisschild 1y ago
  It comes up as dry because the package is marked as unmaintained https://flathub.org/apps/com.whitemagicsoftware.kmcaster https://flathub.org/apps/com.whitemagicsoftware.kmcaster https://github.com/flathub/com.whitemagicsoftware.kmcaster/pull/6 https://github.com/flathub/com.whitemagicsoftware.kmcaster/p...
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by rbits 1y ago

thangalin 1y ago

> And also you can find it through searching on Flathub I guess Did you click the third link I posted, which searches Flathub for KmCaster only to come up dry? This was point (c): You have to trust that their search engine is correct, maintained, and updated. That doesn't come for free, it takes effort, and things go wrong.

Lariscus 1y ago
This isn't a bug. Kmcaster is unmaintained and has been removed from flathub. [0] https://flathub.org/apps/com.whitemagicsoftware.kmcaster https://flathub.org/apps/com.whitemagicsoftware.kmcaster
- thangalin 1y ago
  This only supports my point about having more stuff to maintain. Now there's this GitHub page having a large "Download on Flathub" link that goes absolutely nowhere because the package is unmaintained. Who makes the GitHub page go away? https://github.com/flathub/com.whitemagicsoftware.kmcaster?tab=readme-ov-file https://github.com/flathub/com.whitemagicsoftware.kmcaster?t... Also, the image on that page is outdated, which would have been one more thing to maintain. In addition, the install instructions are four lines of code to run, compared with three lines of code to download without Flathub. My point stands: Flathub adds an unnecessary maintenance burden (to some projects).
preisschild 1y ago
It comes up as dry because the package is marked as unmaintained https://flathub.org/apps/com.whitemagicsoftware.kmcaster https://flathub.org/apps/com.whitemagicsoftware.kmcaster https://github.com/flathub/com.whitemagicsoftware.kmcaster/pull/6 https://github.com/flathub/com.whitemagicsoftware.kmcaster/p...
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