<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>In my opinion one of the key benefits for users of <span class="" id=":32y.1" tabindex="-1">flatpak</span> bundles over regular packages is the <span class="" id=":32y.2" tabindex="-1">ability</span> to install new versions of software in old <span class="" id=":32y.3" tabindex="-1">distros</span>. </div><div><br></div><div>For example [1]: </div><div>* <span class="" id=":32y.4" tabindex="-1">Ubuntu</span> 12.04 has <span class="" id=":32y.5" tabindex="-1">LibreOffice</span> 3.5.7</div><div>* <span class="" id=":32y.6" tabindex="-1">Ubuntu</span> 14.04 has <span class="" id=":32y.7" tabindex="-1">LibreOffice</span> 4.2.8</div><div>* <span class="" id=":32y.8" tabindex="-1">Ubuntu</span> 16.04 has <span class="" id=":32y.9" tabindex="-1">LibreOffice</span> 5.1.3</div><div>* <span class="" id=":32y.10" tabindex="-1">LibreOffice's</span> <span class="" id=":32y.11" tabindex="-1">flatpak</span> bundle is version 5.2</div><div><br></div><div>I think users of <span class="" id=":32y.12" tabindex="-1">Ubuntu</span> 12.04 and 14.04 might be more interested of <span class="" id=":32y.13" tabindex="-1">trying</span> <span class="" id=":32y.14" tabindex="-1">LibreOffice's</span> <span class="" id=":32y.15" tabindex="-1">flatpak</span> bundle than 16.04's ones.</div><div><br></div><div>Maybe Open Build Service [1] could be helpful to make the packages for the different <span class="" id=":32y.16" tabindex="-1">distros</span>.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>Jorge</div><div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="http://packages">http://packages</a>.<span class="" id=":32y.17" tabindex="-1">ubuntu</span>.com/search?suite=all&<span class="" id=":32y.18" tabindex="-1">searchon</span>=names&keywords=<span class="" id=":32y.19" tabindex="-1">libreoffice</span></div><div>[2] http://<span class="" id=":32y.20" tabindex="-1">openbuildservice</span>.org</div></div>