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Re:A Quick Introduction to Flatpak by cmurf on Monday December 05, 2016 @12:48PM (#13107429)
How do developers for Windows, macOS, iOS and Android build apps that support 3-4 major releases of the OS? Aren't they bundling libraries with their app? Or are they just a lot more consistent with API/ABI stability, or backward compatibility?
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Re:A Quick Introduction to Flatpak by curt15 on Monday December 05, 2016 @03:29PM (#13109153)
For one thing, the APIs of those platforms are defined by specifications and failure of an implementation to adhere to the specified behavior is a bug.
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