For the flatpak, it relies on a runtime of gnome version 3.20 actually. When you will start an app on your current gnome 3.18, the runtime will replace the gnome-session with the 3.20 version. I don't think you could replace gdm since it's a service not an application. And if you have dependencies with systemd of a different version than the current version on you host, I don't know what it'll do ??? We need to experiment to have a better understanding of those new package format.
2016-06-15 12:27 GMT-04:00 Leo Francisco <li...@boywithwings.co.uk>: > Yep, I assumed that would the case for the GNOME shell itself but I was > thinking it could be more useful for the apps. > > I know Ubuntu GNOME ships a lot of the older GNOME apps, Nautilus is > 3.14.3 etc. Is this due to dependency incompatibilities with the Ubuntu > repos? > > Sounds like a lot of work to keep stuff working when you could just use > upstream via these new package formats. Something to keep an eye on > perhaps. > > All the best > Leo > > > On 15/06/16 16:54, Paul Smith wrote: > > On Wed, 2016-06-15 at 13:29 +0100, Adam Eveleigh wrote: > >>> Snaps are already supported in the 16.04 base, you can play with them > >>> now. It's just an idea, but maybe either snaps or XDG would make it > >>> easier to run the latest version of GNOME 3 desktop/apps under Ubuntu. > >> Yes I like that idea. It could be more stable for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS > >> users to use more recent GNOME applications via Flatpak rather than > >> the PPA (the PPA could be kept, but if it works well then perhaps > >> Flatpak should be the recommended option). > > First, my understanding of the GNOME3 Staging PPA is that it's a > > testing area for the next release of Ubuntu GNOME. People using that > > PPA are, to some extent, volunteering to help test the next Ubuntu > > GNOME release. > > > > I think switching to snaps would defeat that purpose, unless we plan to > > switch the base Ubuntu GNOME installation to snaps. > > > > Second, I'm not at all sure that putting the entire desktop in a snap > > would work. I mean, how do you get the system to start the display > > manager in the snap instead of the one on the system? Or if you decide > > you'll use the system GDM, how do you tell it to start the desktop > > (gnome-session/gnome-shell/etc.) in the snap? And is it always the > > case that the dbus etc. interactions will be compatible? > > > > The desktop is infrastructural, not a separable app that can easily be > > dropped into a container with limited access to other aspects of the > > system. I'm not sure I see how these new-fangled package formats would > > work with something like that. > > > > > > -- > Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list > Ubuntu-GNOME@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome > -- --------------------------------------------- Bernard Tremblay tremblay.bern...@gmail.com (418) 658-1411 --------------------------------------------- Le but de Linux est de gérer vos ressources et faire le travail, le but des OS propriétaire est de vous vendre d'autres licences... Portae Tenebrosus Abiciantur, Infinitio!
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