On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 14:15:01 -0400 "Garry T. Williams" gtwilliams@gmail.com wrote:
Hmmm. I used to be in charge of what got updated and when it got updated on my own machine. You indicate that there's another path with which to install software that I am no longer in charge of. That's alarming. Especially since I didn't ask for it.
I think Gnome is moving to a multi update source model. They use binary rpms, modules, and flatpaks. I'm not convinced this is a step forward, but they do the work, so they make the rules. :-)
Well, there's the odd thing, isn't it. Before, dnf would always solve dependencies and install them when a package was installed. Now there seems to be another path used for software installation and it doesn't know how to handle dependencies. I don't guess I need this stuff, for sure.
Yes, that is why I have restricted all updates on my system to binary rpm only. I'll wait to see how things shake out, but this new system seems to leave conflicts in coverage, and opportunities for security breakage.
I think these new methods are a mitigation for a lack of package maintainers. By using flatpaks, they hope to offload the maintenance of those programs to someone else. Outsourcing if you will. I'm not sure what being a distribution means under that model. My experience is that the people who package software in Fedora are exceptional, and that is part of what I think of as the distribution of Fedora.