CAREY SCHUG via Talk wrote on 2025-08-09 15:09:
Is there any possibility snaps will de-duplicate in the future, or does the basis for how they work make that impossible?
The latest Linux Matters podcast (https://linuxmatters.sh/61/) has Alan Pope (once part of the snap team at Canonical) discussing his ~50 snap packages he maintains, few of which he authored - merely packaged, and the issues he's having. He praises Flatpak for some of their choices. I seem to recall one issue was size of downloads, another being ease of dependency management. It's interesting to hear his take on it.
Alan Pope
Alan started the Ubuntu Podcast back in 2008, which ran for 13 years with a variety of presenters. He worked at Canonical for 9 years on the Community Team and latterly the Snap Advocacy Team as an Engineering Manager, Community Manager, and Developer Advocate.
Co-host Martin Wimpress is best known for Mate desktop environment (co-founder and project leader of Ubuntu Mate). Formerly engineering director for Ubuntu at Canonical. The Linux Dev Time podcast (same Late Night Linux family of podcasts) discusses Not Invented Here Syndrome, the pros and cons of starting a new project instead of using something existing. * might only want a subset of features * might not be able to get one's desired features accepted upstream * might be result of under estimating the workload in re-implementing * easier to start new code base than try to understand someone else's before being able to contribute anything * etc. All the Late Night Linux podcasts are highly recommended. https://latenightlinux.com/