Re: Modularity: The Official Complaint Thread

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On Thursday, November 14, 2019 6:51:05 AM MST Stephen Gallagher wrote:
> What you are saying is that *you* don't like what you are hearing
> about modules. And that's fine; some of your feedback has been
> constructive and we're taking it into account. But assuming that you
> represent the whole of the user community is somewhat of an
> overstatement. As I discussed in the blog post I wrote, this was
> designed with users in mind.

It seems that a large portion of the community, at least those vocal on this 
thread, do agree with Miro, at least as surface value, myself included.


> Yes, we acknowledge that with multiple versions comes the risks of
> introducing more conflicts. We balanced that out by acknowledging that
> the container space is now mature enough that separating userspaces
> when you need to run conflicting apps on the same machine is a
> reasonable solution to that problem. You've asserted elsewhere that
> you don't like containers as a technology because it's duplication of
> content and doesn't espouse your view of the ideal distribution of
> "everything uses the same (latest) version of the library". I
> understand that, but containers are here to stay and Modules help us
> provide trustworthy content for them.

What do containers have to do with Modularity? Is this a Silverblue project 
now?

> Believe me, I wish that the ideal distribution was possible too. The
> reality is that the world has gone in a different direction and Fedora
> needs to adapt to that. Holding the line and refusing to budge just
> means people will go around us and stop considering us relevant.

This is simply not true. Debian is another clear example of this.

-- 
John M. Harris, Jr.
Splentity

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