Re:OpenBSD won't update Firefox, advises users to switch to ESR
by stock_toaster on Sunday January 12, 2020 @06:24AM
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Is containerization any better than static binaries for compiled apps (not talking about python/ruby/js apps here, but instead compiled ones like firefox)?
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Re:OpenBSD won't update Firefox, advises users to switch to ESR
by sitkack on Sunday January 12, 2020 @07:02AM
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Many applications were never designed to be compiled entirely static, as much as I’d like that to be the case it isn’t possible.
Containerization satisfies the contract the application expects.
That is really the problem it fixes, dependency hell and dynamic linking.
Re:OpenBSD won't update Firefox, advises users to switch to ESR
by Wowfunhappy on Sunday January 12, 2020 @10:10AM
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That’s great on a personal level, but bigger picture, aren’t we going about this the wrong way?
If most people are using containers because “applications were never designed to be compiled entirely static”, developers should start designing their applications so they can be compiled entirely static.
Re:OpenBSD won't update Firefox, advises users to switch to ESR
by sitkack on Sunday January 12, 2020 @02:25PM
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It is an unfortunately hard problem that would take agreement by thousands to fix. Thus containers.
In pre-history this tool worked ok for some things, I don't believe it still functions on modern systems.