On Sat, Jun 08, 2024 at 03:13:21PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: [...]
> [...] That venv equ is generally what they all claim to do. I see your > reticence to make use of them as a restriction. I'm also firmly in that restricted camp. One of the things I appreciate distributions (and Debian in particular) is that they are a kind of "contract" (in Debian, it's even stated explicitly with the Social Contract). Things are packaged in a specific way, there are some principles the distro tries to follow, etc. So this makes things easier for you, the user. Less surprises. Snaps, AppImages, etc. just "use" [1] this social construct as an infrastructure and bring their world with them -- without even trying to mesh, let alone to give back. That's why I tend to stay away from them. Don't get me wrong: on a technical level they are cute (and have been reinvented time and again, the first I know of is Tcl's starkit, around 2002), and they have their uses, but as a distribution model I avoid them for social reasons. Cheers [1] I have a significantly harsher term for that, but I'm trying hard to stay polite. -- t
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