This is the problem those tools try to solve. They package everything else upon which software might depend that can’t simply be linked into a single binary.
Ah, interesting. So, it’s different from just statically linking against the latest driver lib every 6-12 months, because the Flatpak runtime gives you a bit of a guarantee that there won’t be breaking changes in the meantime.
Bingo, and if the latest mesa breaks your app for example, you can target an older one until it’s fixed instead of end users having to fuck around downgrading system packages
You cannot statically link everything. Take graphics libraries and APIs for example, do you statically link against nvidia’s or mesa’s opengl?
Sure, but presumably AppImage/Flatpak/Docker cannot help with that either…?
This is the problem those tools try to solve. They package everything else upon which software might depend that can’t simply be linked into a single binary.
Flatpak solves the problem with targetable platform versions, you just update the manifest for your app every like 6-12 months to target the new one
Ah, interesting. So, it’s different from just statically linking against the latest driver lib every 6-12 months, because the Flatpak runtime gives you a bit of a guarantee that there won’t be breaking changes in the meantime.
Bingo, and if the latest mesa breaks your app for example, you can target an older one until it’s fixed instead of end users having to fuck around downgrading system packages