On Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:10:30 +1030 "Tim via users" <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 2024-12-26 at 22:56 +0000, Bob Marčan via users wrote: > > Should we abandon rpm and adapt snap or flatpak for Fedora? > > Realy? > > Hell, no... > > Generic packages don't quite fit into specific ecosystems. They don't > have the optimisations. Sometimes they're only partially compatible (I > can't print, at all, from various programs that are appimages). > Sometimes they're completely incompatible (there are other things on > your system that need to be the right version for them to run), so the > one-size-fits-all idea is just wrong. > > I'm reminded of Java apps. Which also never fitted in with your OS, > sticking out like a sore thumb. They looked very different, often very > primitive. They didn't quite work the way every other program did on > your system. > > One way that packages can be made generic is to include everything in > them, including libraries that would otherwise be a system library of > some kind (not *the* system library, but one that's used by many > programs). This makes every generic package bigger than it needs to b > be. > > On almost every OS, for an app to work well (or at all), it has to be > compiled for the OS you use it with. Or run in some kind of emulator > that pretends to be something else. > > -- That was a rhetorical question. You have described all the weaknesses of this approach. -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
