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if the user has apt set to "install recommends as dependencies" , which is an option in mx-tweak, then on a "full-upgrade" (analogous to dist-upgrade), then flatpak will be pulled in.

asqwerth wrote: Wed Apr 23, 2025 8:58 am It might be that these 2 packages, which I think are part of the flatpak framework - might be dependencies of MXPI [for the purposes of the flatpak tab]. However, I can't be sure, because I thought at one stage, because of other users' requests, @Adrian had removed that dependency.

Flatpak is a recommended package not a dependency to mx-packageinstaller

Seems like it would be a better practice to not include any flatpak in a release, but to leave it up to the user to install, if wanted!





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I have indeed set "install recommends as dependencies"
OTOH having found a workaround to banish flatpak to the outer darkness, I'm leaving it that way.

On yet another hand, as @mxer suggests, might it be possible to make flatpak opt-in, or at least opt-out?
As an aside, how popular would a remove-flatpak possibility be? (he says, ending the sentence with a preposition...)

mxer wrote: Wed Apr 23, 2025 9:31 am Seems like it would be a better practice to not include any flatpak in a release, but to leave it up to the user to install, if wanted!

I don't know. It depends what kind of distro the devs want to create. For privacy enthusiasts it might be better with something smaller like antiX. For someone who wants to use a computer like Windows and just get things done, both systemd and flatpak make that easier. Opensnitch in the repos will block any network connection you haven't approved, but I haven't seen requests from neither of those (if you don't use flatpak).

I'm often thinking along the lines "Make it easy for casual users. Things are already too complex and ready-made solutions are needed to reach mainstream".