On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 at 16:14, Michael Catanzaro <mcatanzaro(a)redhat.com>
wrote:
On Mon, Jun 5 2023 at 01:37:24 PM -0400, Stephen Smoogen
<ssmoogen(a)redhat.com> wrote:
>
> 1. What is a flatpak and what does it mean to have an application in
> it? Is it everything bundled in it or does it use layers?
Two layers:
* Runtime (base platform, responsibility of runtime maintainers)
* Application (including bundled dependencies not present in the
runtime)
It's a compromise between traditional distribution-style dynamic
linking for the most common dependencies (the runtime), plus bundling
for the less-common dependencies the application needs that are not
present in the runtime.
I just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to answer these
questions. It was very helpful.
--
Stephen Smoogen, Red Hat Automotive
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