DistroDragon@discuss.tchncs.de to Linux@lemmy.ml · 3 years agothe reverse DNS scheme used by flatpak - do you like it or do you dislike it?message-squaremessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down12
arrow-up131arrow-down1message-squarethe reverse DNS scheme used by flatpak - do you like it or do you dislike it?DistroDragon@discuss.tchncs.de to Linux@lemmy.ml · 3 years agomessage-square27linkfedilink
minus-squareOsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up34arrow-down6·3 years agoFor those who aren’t familiar, it’s the org.mozilla.Firefox instead of “Firefox”. It’s awful. Signed, someone who maintains 4 Flatpaks
minus-squaretony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up29·3 years agoThat’s kind of used in apps everywhere… I can see why. But not creating a symbolic link to ‘firefox’ when you install it, is a PITA. Apparently by design…
minus-squareDistroDragon@discuss.tchncs.deOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down5·3 years agohmm idk what you mean. this looks delicious: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pita
minus-squareiHUNTcriminals@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 years agoIdk with all that news about hummus lately.
minus-squarePantherina@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoIt is pretty easy to automate this. Flatpaks cant do that if they are running really isolated. The flatpak app would need to do that. https://github.com/trytomakeyouprivate/flatalias
minus-squareDistroDragon@discuss.tchncs.deOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoaah sorry I’m using lemmy for the first time
minus-squareDistroDragon@discuss.tchncs.deOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·3 years agoI maintain a flatpak aswell and I found it very strange that I’m not allowed to pick my own name. What do you hate most about it?
For those who aren’t familiar, it’s the org.mozilla.Firefox instead of “Firefox”.
It’s awful.
That’s kind of used in apps everywhere… I can see why.
But not creating a symbolic link to ‘firefox’ when you install it, is a PITA. Apparently by design…
hmm idk what you mean. this looks delicious: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pita
Idk with all that news about hummus lately.
It is pretty easy to automate this. Flatpaks cant do that if they are running really isolated. The flatpak app would need to do that.
https://github.com/trytomakeyouprivate/flatalias
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aah sorry I’m using lemmy for the first time
I maintain a flatpak aswell and I found it very strange that I’m not allowed to pick my own name. What do you hate most about it?
That it is not common everywhere.