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

[Andrey Goreev]

I think most flatpaks are hosted on flathub which is very similar to a
distribution repository. You just need to activate it. I think flathub can
be used from any Linux distribution which allows developers to maintain one
version instead of supporting multiple builds e.g. Ubuntu, Manjaro, etc.
I have been using GIMP flatpak over its version from Ubuntu repository for
a while now and did not come across any malfunctions. I don't use GIMP
extensively though. I think its startup is slower (at least first time
after reboot) but overall functionality is good.
I like all portable forms such as appimage, flatpak and snap and don’t know
if either of them has advantage over the rest of them. Looks like Gilles
does see an advantage of flatpak over appimage so if digiKam decided to go
flatpak way I will be fine with that. Hopefully maintaining the flatpak
won’t take more of your time than building appimages.

On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 9:42 AM Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Discover is just a solution to install a FlatPak bundle. All main
> Linux desktop will certainly provide an delegate application.
>
> More info for the sandoxed format is available here :
>
> https://flatpak.org/
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> Le dim. 24 mai 2020 à 17:18, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> a écrit :
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > --
> > Chris Green
> > ·
> >
>
-- 
Thanks,
Andrey
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