On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 at 16:14, Michael Catanzaro <mcatanz...@redhat.com>
wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, Jun 5 2023 at 01:37:24 PM -0400, Stephen Smoogen
> <ssmoo...@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > 1. What is a flatpak and what does it mean to have an application in
> > it? Is it everything bundled in it or does it use layers?
>
> Two layers:
>
>  * Runtime (base platform, responsibility of runtime maintainers)
>  * Application (including bundled dependencies not present in the
> runtime)
>
> It's a compromise between traditional distribution-style dynamic
> linking for the most common dependencies (the runtime), plus bundling
> for the less-common dependencies the application needs that are not
> present in the runtime.
>
>
I just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to answer these
questions. It was very helpful.


-- 
Stephen Smoogen, Red Hat Automotive
Let us be kind to one another, for most of us are fighting a hard battle.
-- Ian MacClaren
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