Post #1827297

2026-04-23 13:05 UTC

I firmly disagree that this would be a good use case. Allowing this kind of container shenanigans would introduce more incompatibilities than it solves.

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@gian@lemmy.grys.it 2026-04-23 15:16

I firmly disagree that this would be a good use case. Why ? Any technical reason beside your dislike for containers, in this specific scenario ? Remember that we are talking about software that probably is built with older version of the OS as target, using older version of tools and libraries. The source code could not be compilable anymore without a porting, which can be not that easy. Allowing this kind of container shenanigans would introduce more incompatibilities than it solves. It depends on your objective. If the goal is to be able to continue to play a game which require a server, having the publisher to release a container solve your problem, you just run it and you can continue to play the game, which if I am not wrong is the ultimate goal of all the Stop Killing Games initiative. If the publisher only give you the server binary (and all the dependencies) there is way to be sure that the next OS update does not break something, assuming you are able to run it in the first place. The source code you say ? Fine, when the copyright end, after 70 years, they will release it in the public domain, until then… good luck, laws are on their side.

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