On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 3:51 PM John Tall <mjgt...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 9:06 PM, <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. > > As far as I know Flatpak only targets GNU/Linux, and at the moment > only targets a handful of distros. I make software for not only > GNU/Linux but also Windows, FreeBSD and macOS. I use many libraries > including GTK+. I don't know yet if or how these changes will impact > me, all I know is that the way things are right now works just fine > for me. >
Let me state categorically: Nothing in this proposal forces anyone to use Flatpak. Though I am excited about Flatpak if that wasn't obvious by now, I myself also make software for other platforms than Linux and contribute quite a lot of my time towards keeping GTK and other libraries buildable on Mac OS X. I really don't want to turn this thread into a discussion of the merits of Flatpak. What I did (more explanation here [1]) was try to answer a question, essentially "What if some app developer does <unwise thing>?" that I would previously, before Flatpak existed, have answered "Well, don't do that then." Instead, I can now say "I hope fewer people will do <unwise thing> because of Flatpak." > I'm worried that we're breaking things that already work for lots of > us in order to fix inconveniences that some people have. I don't want > to drastically change the way I make and distribute software just > because one of the many libraries that I use has decided to do things > differently. If things need to change then do whatever is necessary > but please, let the old stuff also continue to work. > If you track the long-term supported releases of GTK with your software, then you shouldn't need to change anything in the way you make and distribute it. Regards, Philip C [1] https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2016-July/msg00009.html
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