[digiKam-users] Future of digiKam bundles...

[Chris Green]

Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> wrote:
> FlatPak is a bundle file as AppImage, but with a better integration in
> Linux system. There is a door open through a socket to communicate
> with DBus interface from host.
> 
> The FlatPak file, as i know, must be installed on your system using a
> delegate application. KDE propose Discover program for that, but i'm
> sure that other application exists.
> 
That's rather important, I'm sure not everyone who runs Digikam runs
KDE.

> From the delegate application you install the bundle as a native
> package (RPM or DEB). In opposite to package, the bundles include all
> dependencies required to run the target application.
> 
So why can't the FlatPack simply come as an RPM or DEB itself?  Even
better why can't it be in the normal repository for the distribution?

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Chris Green
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