• ryannathans
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    5 months ago

    Flatpak solves the problem with targetable platform versions, you just update the manifest for your app every like 6-12 months to target the new one

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      5 months ago

      Ah, interesting. So, it’s different from just statically linking against the latest driver lib every 6-12 months, because the Flatpak runtime gives you a bit of a guarantee that there won’t be breaking changes in the meantime.

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        5 months ago

        Bingo, and if the latest mesa breaks your app for example, you can target an older one until it’s fixed instead of end users having to fuck around downgrading system packages