On Wed, Jun 29 2022 at 08:06:28 PM +0200, Vitaly Zaitsev via devel <devel@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
1. GNOME Software need to be patched to prefer RPMs over Flatpaks for
non-ostree Fedora variants, because it will replace Fedora packages with
Flatpaks. I think "Fedora RPM > Fedora Flatpak > Flathub Flatpak" for
Fedora Workstation and "Fedora Flatpak > Flathub Flatpak > Fedora RPM"
for Silverblue/Kinoite will be better.

GNOME Software already has a hidden setting for this:

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/blob/0709681441daf6b182a062d24c543174346b36d8/data/org.gnome.software.gschema.xml#L137

It defaults to Flatpaks because they are sandboxed and are much safer than unsandboxed applications.

However, I believe Flatpaks built from Fedora RPMs should take precedence over Flatpaks built from Flathub. Flathub should only be preferred when there is no Fedora Flatpak available.

Michael

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