On Thursday 27 February 2025 23:52:29 Gianluca Interlandi via tde-users wrote: > > The adoption of all these is worrisome. > > I wonder about the following: If we wanted a package that includes all > dependencies, why not provide a tarball with all dependencies? Then, I can > decide where to unpack it and set the library paths for example through a > config script. This is already done for many applications. > > Gianluca I think that's not their idea. Wether snaps or flatpaks, you just choose the application in a list and click "install". The goal of these systems is a) to make it easy for the user to install b) to make it easy for the developper to distribute the app c) to make it distribution independant For me it's OK as long as such system is not forces on you. Here on MX-Linux it's an alternative to standard install, you don't have to use it. Cases where it was useful to me: OpenBoard that otherwise oinly installs on *buntu Darktable that is only provide as an old version (and lacks support for newer raw formats KDE applications that would require "polluting" my system with KDE binaries Downsides: Takes a lot of place As we have seen some see decurity issues Must be updated on their own ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
