Hi Bill, I'm using the KDE 5.15 SDK <https://invent.kde.org/packaging/flatpak-kde-runtime/-/tree/qt5.15lts> as a base, which provides gcc 10.2.0 and Qt 5.15.3. We have flexibility to change our SDK version or override tooling if needed. I would not expect flatpak packaging to become a bottleneck for your development work.
I have no argument against the fact that package size is bloated compared to deb and rpm. There are some advantages <https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/introduction.html#reasons-to-use-flatpak>, such as not encountering version incompatibilities between low-level libraries and high-level applications, and (theoretical) security model improvements. It's a tradeoff. 73, Chris On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 4:50 PM Bill Somerville <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >
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