The "Problem" With Linux Distros Shipping Hyprland #Linux #YouTube https://youtu.be/HhZ_HnqkJoo
@BrodieOnLinux I love when we see maintainers blaming projects for their deficiencies at package managing.
I really don't want to be that guy but maybe we should revise our current approach to packaging…
@SrEstegosaurio @BrodieOnLinux It's an honest question: "how many versions of wlroots do we want to support at a time?" The space-saving benefit of using a distribution's packaging diminishes when each project relies on a different specific version of something. (in this case, it's wlroot's "fault" for unstable api/abi combined with slow release cadence, and I look forward to a hypothetical wlroots 1.x which will be good enough for all)
@zachdecook @BrodieOnLinux I'm able to use most of my software from HEAD without having to manually build stuff. You receive news things way faster and my package manager can handle it.
@zachdecook @BrodieOnLinux That's one of the things I think a different approach could solve. Why should the distro care about which version of X or Y lib I'm using? Obviously there are exceptions in things like the libc and other deep system components.