From: Optikos <ZUERCHER_Andreas@outlook.com>
Subject: Re: linux desktop in trouble
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 08:27:16 -0700 (PDT)
Date: 2020-03-24T08:27:16-07:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <594ebf72-60d1-435a-b2e4-00848abe1c4c@googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <r5cndi$178m$1@gioia.aioe.org>
On Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 5:29:08 AM UTC-5, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> On 2020-03-24 11:01, ldries46 wrote:
>
> > I do not agree with Dmitry for the simple reason that every installing
> > routine asks from the sender take amateures into account. and as Gtk is
> > that is as I see it more a problem for the designers than of the
> > operating system itself. Even under windows you can make a mess of it.
>
> Windows simply has no means to handle software components coming not
> from Microsoft.
Wrong! Package dependencies can be declared in Windows 10, then utilized at time of installation of (nonMicrosoft) packages that depend on other (nonMicrosoft) packages:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/schemas/appxpackage/uapmanifestschema/element-dependencies
“Dependencies must be explicitly defined. If a dependency cannot be resolved, deployment of the package fails.”
> So GTK's run-time and/or developing cannot be versioned
> and shared by applications. It is not GTK problem it is Windows problem.
> E.g. Python has exactly same issues.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Dmitry A. Kazakov
> http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de
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Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-03-03 9:45 linux desktop in trouble Mehdi Saada
2020-03-03 10:14 ` Leif Roar Moldskred
2020-03-03 16:09 ` Optikos
2020-03-03 14:30 ` Shark8
2020-03-19 6:07 ` ldries46
2020-03-19 8:46 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2020-03-20 15:32 ` Optikos
2020-03-20 20:43 ` Randy Brukardt
2020-03-20 21:58 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2020-03-24 10:01 ` ldries46
2020-03-24 10:29 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2020-03-24 15:27 ` Optikos [this message]
2020-03-22 17:27 ` mgr
2020-03-23 18:39 ` Bob Goddard
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