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ITwrx (itwrx@blurts.net)'s status on Saturday, 12-Oct-2024 19:22:56 JST ITwrx
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- Jakub Jirutka 🇪🇺🇺🇦
@jakub I agree, in general, and to a large degree, but flatpak, snap, appimage, lang package managers, DIY installers, etc are are just symptoms or workarounds for the underlying problem, which is that distros or the wider ecosystem have been unable/unwilling to address the packaging and dependency needs of upstreams and end users. IMHO, we need to come up with a better ecosystem-wide approach before all of this (packaging, security, overworked devs/maintainers, user frustration) gets further out of hand.

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ITwrx (itwrx@blurts.net)'s status on Saturday, 12-Oct-2024 19:22:54 JST ITwrx
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Upstreams should know what lib versions they tested with. Why shouldn't there be a simple manifest for upstreams to fill out that the distros' package management software then verifies with the source and installs? (not rhetorical) This makes it easy for upstream,s to "package" for all of linux and gives distros helpful info, but still lets distros do whatever they want/need to do to install the software. In the xz case, or similar, a new dev/signing key could automatically flag a review downstream and/or probationary period.

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https://ITwrx.orgI intend to post, and follow people who post about programming, FOSS, Ganoo+Linox, Linux, BSDs, server admin, infosec, privacy, and other computer, IT stuff with this account. I often repeat other FOSS project-related posts, or otherwise try to spread the word (links on my sites, posts elsewhere, etc), and would appreciate if that were reciprocated for my projects/project-related posts. IMO, FOSS devs/projects and users should work together to get freedom and privacy-respecting work funded!Currently using #fedora on desktop, #alpine on servers, and #alpine and #OpenBSD on firewalls. Currently using #nimlang for web and desktop applications, although web with #nim is still in trial/testing phase.

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