AppImage packaging...

[Gilles Caulier]

No

Even if Krita has reduced KDE dependencies as digiKam, it still some rules
around KDE core API, especially the run-time at startup, that we have
dropped.

In fact KDELibs is not a problem to bundle. I do it with Windows and MacOS
without problem after a dependencies reduce and especially the runtime,
which is a big puzzle. That explain the KDE application running outside
Linux is poor.

Gilles

2016-08-09 17:08 GMT+02:00 Veaceslav Munteanu <
veaceslav.munteanu90 at gmail.com>:

> Hello Gilles,
>
> I think digikam right now is not ready to be packaged as AppImage.
>
> The main reason is because it still depends on kdelibs. I think Krita
> is pure Qt. AppImage tries to bundle everything in one file:
> 1. digikam sources
> 2. boost
> 3. opencv
> 4. exiv
> 5. raw
> 6 Qt?
>
> etc..but it will be very bad to include all KDE and it's dependencies.
>
> Veaceslav
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 1:49 PM, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi all users,
> >
> > As you know, MacOS and Windows packaging are now easy to generate
> > automatically with my sets of BASH scripts in digiKam.
> >
> > I thinking to add AppImage bundle, as Krita do.
> >
> > http://appimage.org/
> >
> > But as i pass 2 full months of works to packaging MacOS and Windows, I
> would
> > to be more efficient with Linux Bundle. I'm a little bit tired with
> > packaging stuff... After all, i'm developer, not packager. So if a
> > contributor would to help me in this task, it will be great.
> >
> > First Q : There is a real needs for Linux Bundle ? I think yes, even if
> > Linux distro do the job, and i know very well how it's complicated to
> do...
> >
> > 2nd Q : Somebody know if an automatic service already exist to create a
> > Linux Bundle as AppImage ?
> >
> > 3nd Q : AppImage is the best choice to make Linux Bundle ? I know that
> other
> > solutions exists, but i have no experience on it.
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Gilles Caulier
>
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