On 28/06/2021 23:32, Chris Keller wrote:
Greetings,
I'm in the process of packaging WSJT-X in flatpak
<https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/introduction.html> format via the
flathub <https://flathub.org/home> repository. Flatpak is an
alternative to deb and rpm formats which aims to be Linux distribution
agnostic and is gaining popularity. One of the advantages of the
Flathub repository over specifically the Debian process is self-serve
updates, so users will be able to get the latest app hours after the
source repository gets a new version tag, not days or months.
I have most of the packaging work done
<https://github.com/xylo04/flathub/tree/wsjtx> and would like
permission from the upstream maintainers (K1JT et al) to proceed with
publishing. I'm co-maintaining several ham packages with AsciiWolf
<https://github.com/AsciiWolf> and we are committed to handling any
Flatpak-specific issues.
Let me know what you think,
Chris Keller, K0SWE
Hi Chris,
before answering your request I would like to know what compiler
versions and Qt version you are intending to work with please?
I ask because we also support non *nix platforms and we need freedom to
choose these versions to meet our development goals.
I should add that I am not a great fan of these sort of sandboxed
packaged distributions, IMHO they discard most of the benefits of the
Linux distribution mechanism and only gain ease of installation at
considerable overhead in package size.
73
Bill
G4WJS.
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