GNOME 46 puts Flatpaks front and center

Posted Mar 28, 2024 7:59 UTC (Thu) by LtWorf (subscriber, #124958)
In reply to: GNOME 46 puts Flatpaks front and center by mjg59
Parent article: GNOME 46 puts Flatpaks front and center

Just 2 days ago a user came to IRC to ask for help because he'd downloaded something from flatpak and it didn't start.

I told him to install the regular .deb from the regular repository.

It might be a better user experience if things that are shipped by flatpak had some kind of automated test to at least check that it runs.

GNOME 46 puts Flatpaks front and center

Posted Mar 28, 2024 11:01 UTC (Thu) by zdzichu (subscriber, #17118) [Link] (4 responses)

So you did zero troubleshooting? Not very helpful.

GNOME 46 puts Flatpaks front and center

Posted Mar 28, 2024 11:18 UTC (Thu) by LtWorf (subscriber, #124958) [Link] (3 responses)

I don't even know how to report such a bug and to whom… At least I helped the person.

GNOME 46 puts Flatpaks front and center

Posted Mar 28, 2024 12:20 UTC (Thu) by zdzichu (subscriber, #17118) [Link] (2 responses)

You fixed one particular problem. Next time when they install a flatpak'd software, not available in the distro, and encounter similar problem, they will be at the starting point. Whereas troubleshooting and fixing the problem with first flatpak package would be better in the long term. Fishing rod, not fish.

GNOME 46 puts Flatpaks front and center

Posted Mar 28, 2024 13:23 UTC (Thu) by LtWorf (subscriber, #124958) [Link] (1 responses)

Or maybe they will never need it?

Or maybe they will need it and package it themselves, thus becoming contributor.

You are very critical of how I helped. Yet I don't recall you being there and helping more.

GNOME 46 puts Flatpaks front and center

Posted Mar 28, 2024 13:38 UTC (Thu) by zdzichu (subscriber, #17118) [Link]

That's true. I wasn't there and I did nothing. You helped that user run application he wanted to run.