On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 3:41 PM, <nicolas.mailhot@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > De: "Owen Taylor" > >> But I want to be clear that there is no *proposal* on the >> table to ship things Flatpak only, and *no proposed timescale*. And >> there won't be until we know how the tools work out for packagers, how >> Flatpak usage works out for users, and we have a significant body of >> Fedora packages built as Flatpaks to look at things like installed size >> and network usage. > > Then I'm glad there is absolutely no plan to preempt flatpack technical assessment by shipping one or more GNOME apps as flatpack-only, leaving Fedora users for whom flatpack does not work yet behind, and bypassing distribution consensus processes. > > This kind of action would be really divisive¹, especially while simultaneously seeking Fedora endorsement. > > Best regards, > > ¹ Those shortcuts rarely end well. Even when the missing bits are eventually added, users have a long memory of being left in the dust because their use-cases are deemed "wrong" or "uninteresting". > I think this already happened. Applications like GNOME Recipes are only available via Flatpaks. The Workstation WG did not package it for Fedora 26. I don't know if other GNOME applications are in a similar state. :( -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
