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minus-squareTwinTusks@bitforged.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months agoBut doesnt each flatpak is packed with its own dependencies? So bascially you have the same dependency over and over.
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoYou may be thinking of AppImage. That’s one file that contains everything.
minus-squared_k_bo@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-26 months agoNo, each runtime is only used once. You only get duplicates for apps that use different runtimes or for dependencies that are bundled in the app.
minus-squareTwinTusks@bitforged.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months ago dependencies that are bundled in the app Isn’t flatpaks exactly this?
minus-squareVash63@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoNo, it’s a layered model like Docker. They depend on various images that can be shared across applications targeting the same runtime.
minus-squareTwinTusks@bitforged.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoDidn’t know that, intresting, thank you.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoIt’s like a separate package manager with much less granularity than most distros packages. It’s a very clever implementation that has got its pros and cons, but massive duplication of libraries isn’t one of them.
But doesnt each flatpak is packed with its own dependencies? So bascially you have the same dependency over and over.
You may be thinking of AppImage. That’s one file that contains everything.
No, each runtime is only used once. You only get duplicates for apps that use different runtimes or for dependencies that are bundled in the app.
Isn’t flatpaks exactly this?
No, it’s a layered model like Docker. They depend on various images that can be shared across applications targeting the same runtime.
Didn’t know that, intresting, thank you.
It’s like a separate package manager with much less granularity than most distros packages. It’s a very clever implementation that has got its pros and cons, but massive duplication of libraries isn’t one of them.