On 07/13/2016 05:46 PM, Damjan Georgievski via arch-general wrote: > On 10 July 2016 at 11:05, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) > <pelzflorian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > A specter is haunting the GNU/Linux ecosystem: the specter of per-user >> > containerization. Software like Flatpak and Snappy promise fully >> > sandboxed GNU/Linux application bundles (instead of merely launching an >> > application with fewer privileges but without hiding the operating >> > system, like Bubblewrap or Firejail do). Bundles ship with the version >> > of their dependencies which they need. > Ubuntu is doing something similar it seems > https://bregmatter.wordpress.com/2016/07/04/x11-applications-and-unity-8/ > > This is for their non-deb (deb-less?) distro version, they install > debs in containers, > each getting their own XMir server. Good for non-trustworthy or exposed apps. Please preserve pacman and the traditional Arch KISS philosophy for those that administer/want a traditional arch system with updates to the current package without retaining all the baggage required for containerization. This just seems like a recipe for scrambled systems. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
