Hi! On Sat, 2016-07-09 at 19:06 +0000, philip.chime...@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm expecting this will become less and less of a problem as apps move > to Flatpak as a means of distribution. Uhuuu. I'm sorry, but this is bad. This mixes two completely different problems together, packaging and a toolkit. So enforcing Flatpak on distributions, developers and users should solve a problem with Gtk+? While Flatpak offers some nice features (especially easy install of out-of-repo software), it includes so many problems that it cannot replace package-management. The constant work done by the downstream-maintainers makes GNU/Linux so well usable, it is not burden but a duty. Flatpak problems: * increased memory consumption * security fixes are not available for all applications * basically all things dynamic-libraries have fixed... * security and door-keeper function of distributions lost * much more work for developers If Gtk+ is allowed to be installed within a Flatpak the increased memory consumption will be vast. I pretty sure that Jasper is right about the "targets", including Gtk+ is not(?) allowed because it will blow up your system. More about the issues with Flatpak (Archlinux): http://kmkeen.com/maintainers-matter/2016-06-16-11-31-07-560.html Solving a problem with another problematic approach isn't a good idea. Peter _______________________________________________ gtk-devel-list mailing list gtk-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-devel-list
