Flatpak 0.6.13 Released With Many Changes

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Flatpak 0.6.13 Released With Many Changes

Flatpak 0.6.13 is now available as the latest big release of this app sandboxing tech for the Linux desktop previously known as XDG-App...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Flatpak-0.6.13-Released

[uid313]

Can it have scoped directory access?

So the application is confined to for example XDG_MUSIC_DIR only, or XDG_PICTURES_DIR only?

[Pahphaeb]

Can it have scoped directory access?

So the application is confined to for example XDG_MUSIC_DIR only, or XDG_PICTURES_DIR only?

Yes. Either statically with the filesystems setting in the metadata file (see https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/wiki/Metadata), or dynamically with the --filesystem parameter of the flatpak command.

[SaucyJack]

Is flatpak going to ruin on of things that make linux great? Dynamic libraries?

[RahulSundaram]

Is flatpak going to ruin on of things that make linux great? Dynamic libraries?

Flatpat is just a packaging format. You can bundle as much or as little as you want to. They encourage the use of runtime when the dependent libraries have a stable ABI and can be maintained for a long term independently.

[Ananace]

I'd love to see a Flatpak Runtime/SDK of the Steam Runtime, would make playing and developing 32-bit games so much easier on most Linux computers.

[starshipeleven]

Is flatpak going to ruin on of things that make linux great? Dynamic libraries?

No, it is going to keep POS applications from fucking up the system.