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Re:Ubuntu stops shipping Flatpak by default by JohnFen on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @02:19PM (#35361124)
> The problem with that model is that it puts the burden on the distro maintainers to package every possible application for their distro.

But isn't that the primary job of a distro?

Re:Ubuntu stops shipping Flatpak by default by zorr on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @03:10PM (#35361805)
For base packages like desktop environments, tools, libraries, popular applications, etc, yes. But I don't think they should be responsible for every end-user third party application. It's a massive waste of time for everyone involved.
Re:Ubuntu stops shipping Flatpak by default by JohnFen on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @05:01PM (#35363568)
I think they should be responsible for the packages in their package manager. That's the main thing that distros do.

For software that they can't do this with, or that isn't worth their time, they just omit it from the package manager.