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> We just don't provide Linux binaries, except Ubuntu Snaps, because it is extremely difficult to do. Have you considered packaging with Flatpak [0] as well? V

by jmhain 10y ago

> We just don't provide Linux binaries, except Ubuntu Snaps, because it is extremely difficult to do. Have you considered packaging with Flatpak [0] as well? Very similar to Snaps, but it'll work with many distros instead of just Ubuntu. [0] http://flatpak.org/ http://flatpak.org/

morganvachon 10y ago
According to the Flatpak site, you have to install the Flatpak base first, which is only officially available for Fedora, Arch, and Ubuntu, with unofficial/testing/backported ports for a couple other distros. There is no source download I could find on the site, which is necessary to build it for unlisted distros like Slackware (though I suspect its strict reliance on systemd would cause issues there anyway). This all flies in the face of their marketing statement "The days of chasing multiple Linux distributions are over"; you can't claim a one-size-fits-all system if it only fits six out of hundreds of distros. Edit: To the downvoters, please reply instead, and tell me why you disagree with what I wrote. If I'm wrong I'll own it.
- l2dy 10y ago
  I didn't downvote you, but here's the source[1]. [1] https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak
  - morganvachon 10y ago
    Yep, I found the source by searching for it on Github, what I was calling out was the fact that a link to the source from the Flatpak website itself was buried at the very bottom of the "about" section where I missed it completely the first few times I went over the site. It should have been included in the "Build" or at least "Developer" section of the site. Maybe it's just an oversight on their part, but I find the lack of any discussion of source or licensing (is it GPL, MIT, BSD?) on the site a bit of a put-off. I see from digging into the Github files it's LGPL, but why not advertise that, and the source link, more prominently on the main page? That, along with the other issue I mentioned (catering to only a few distros while claiming support for all distros) gives me pause.
jbk 10y ago
> Very similar to Snaps, but it'll work with many distros instead of just Ubuntu. Snaps run on a lot of distributions too: https://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/06/14/universal-snap-packages-launch-on-multiple-linux-distros/ https://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/06/14/universal-snap-packag...

by jmhain 10y ago

morganvachon 10y ago

According to the Flatpak site, you have to install the Flatpak base first, which is only officially available for Fedora, Arch, and Ubuntu, with unofficial/testing/backported ports for a couple other distros. There is no source download I could find on the site, which is necessary to build it for unlisted distros like Slackware (though I suspect its strict reliance on systemd would cause issues there anyway). This all flies in the face of their marketing statement "The days of chasing multiple Linux distributions are over"; you can't claim a one-size-fits-all system if it only fits six out of hundreds of distros. Edit: To the downvoters, please reply instead, and tell me why you disagree with what I wrote. If I'm wrong I'll own it.

l2dy 10y ago
I didn't downvote you, but here's the source[1]. [1] https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak
- morganvachon 10y ago
  Yep, I found the source by searching for it on Github, what I was calling out was the fact that a link to the source from the Flatpak website itself was buried at the very bottom of the "about" section where I missed it completely the first few times I went over the site. It should have been included in the "Build" or at least "Developer" section of the site. Maybe it's just an oversight on their part, but I find the lack of any discussion of source or licensing (is it GPL, MIT, BSD?) on the site a bit of a put-off. I see from digging into the Github files it's LGPL, but why not advertise that, and the source link, more prominently on the main page? That, along with the other issue I mentioned (catering to only a few distros while claiming support for all distros) gives me pause.

jbk 10y ago

> Very similar to Snaps, but it'll work with many distros instead of just Ubuntu. Snaps run on a lot of distributions too: https://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/06/14/universal-snap-packages-launch-on-multiple-linux-distros/ https://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/06/14/universal-snap-packag...