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minus-squareLeon@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·3 months agoSome AppImages have that built in, like Ente.
minus-squaredinckel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·3 months agoThat’s kind of the point though. One of the foundational pillars of a good distribution is mature package management, and that includes not relying on self-updaters that will pollute your system with untracked files
minus-squareLeon@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoAbsolutely, but don’t AppImage updaters basically just replace the AppImage? They’re self-contained, no?
Some AppImages have that built in, like Ente.
That’s kind of the point though. One of the foundational pillars of a good distribution is mature package management, and that includes not relying on self-updaters that will pollute your system with untracked files
Absolutely, but don’t AppImage updaters basically just replace the AppImage? They’re self-contained, no?