Why pinta using .dll files instead of .so files?

[visious25]

Hi, why pinta using .dll files instead of .so files? The .dll files are vulnerable for viruses.

[cameronwhite]

These have a .dll extension because they are C# / dotnet assemblies (e.g. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/deploying/#produce-a-cross-platform-binary)

These are not the same as native shared libraries which typically would have a .so extension on Linux

[visious25]

Is there something to change this it in the future?

[cameronwhite]

I don't have any plans to change this, because there is no inherent security issue with the choice of file extension, and it's the default behaviour of dotnet so doing unusual custom behaviour like this is just a maintenance burden