If there's one thing you can always count on in the Linux world it's that packaging can be a nightmare. The OBS Studio team are not happy with the Fedora folks due to Flatpak problems and threatened legal action.
It’s not distro specific. Fedora Flatpaks are just built from Fedora RPMs, but they work on all distros.
If you care about FOSS spirit, security, and a higher packaging standard, then Fedora Flatpaks may be of interest.
If you want a package that just works, then Flathub may be of interest. But those packages may be using EOL runtimes and may include vendored dependencies that have security issues.
And that’s a perfectly fine position to have. I get most of my apps from Flathub.
I also think that Fedora Flatpaks should be allowed to exist. And most of them work without issues. They just don’t get as much testing as Flathub since the user base is smaller.
Having distro-specific flatpaks really seems to be defeating the whole purpose
It’s not distro specific. Fedora Flatpaks are just built from Fedora RPMs, but they work on all distros.
If you care about FOSS spirit, security, and a higher packaging standard, then Fedora Flatpaks may be of interest.
If you want a package that just works, then Flathub may be of interest. But those packages may be using EOL runtimes and may include vendored dependencies that have security issues.
I prefer flatpaks that work.
And that’s a perfectly fine position to have. I get most of my apps from Flathub.
I also think that Fedora Flatpaks should be allowed to exist. And most of them work without issues. They just don’t get as much testing as Flathub since the user base is smaller.
And that’s a very good answer to a provocative message.