Hi all, On Tue Feb 3, 2026 at 12:29 PM CET, Dmitry E. Oboukhov wrote:
- the Bottles authors have dealt with Debian-style packaging and ask not to do it [6].
You are misrepresenting what the Bottle authors said. Also, the URL you provided is broken. It should be <https://usebottles.com/blog/2022-06-07-an-open-letter.md>.
They complain about low quality packaging using outdated versions of libraries. Also, they cannot refer to Debian since Bottles never made it in our repos. Citing their open letter (emphasis added):
Bottles is a complex software that receives frequent updates and requires several dependencies **at a minimum specific version** to properly work. For a long time, we have included workarounds in the codebase to disable features or change their behavior **when dependencies are missing or incorrect**. [...] An example is the GTK 4 and libadwaita port, which has been postponed for months due to the needed packages being absent in distribution repositories
More remarkable is their Addendum:
Our invitation is addressed to all those who are packaging Bottles incorrectly and/or do not provide adequate tests, thus invalidating the user experience. We are happy to help anyone who would like to keep their package, adapting to our quality standards (i.e. making the application work as it intended).
If anything, they are encouraging Debian's packaging style of high-quality QA.
Bye!
