On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 01:26:21PM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 05:05:23PM +0000, Debarshi Ray wrote: > > > At least we see where this is going. > > > > > > If RPMs of the graphical application work fine now, what on earth is > > > the point of forcing packagers to make Flatpaks? Sandboxing isn't one > > > of them - as already explained, sandboxing is orthogonal to packaging. > > > > How about reliable online updates of running applications as a > > benefit? > > AND the ability to roll back, to choose beta or stable streams, etc. > For example, the Google Play app store, you can check a box to opt in > to beta versions of an app you're interested in following the bleeding > edge of. Sounds like it would be an excellent feature to add to rpm/dnf. Rich. -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones Read my programming and virtualization blog: http://rwmj.wordpress.com libguestfs lets you edit virtual machines. Supports shell scripting, bindings from many languages. http://libguestfs.org _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
