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Provide a Flatpak package. #43
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Hi again @BEEDELLROKEJULIANLOCKHART , as mentioned in #44 we are currently lacking the resources to manage multiple package repositories. We do provide installers for Debian based distros (.deb), Arch-Linux (PKGBUILD) and Windows. Flatpak is definitely something we will look into but there are also other package repos we need to check out. |
However, @ppacher, certainly maintenance of a I am thankful for any assistance. |
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Not stale. |
I heard that Flatpaks sandbox has improved a lot and it seems to be the favoured packaging format for many distros now, certainly for immutable distros. For those with immutable Fedora OS trying to install, let me know, I can link to a script that allows Portmaster to install in a useable directory. *Edit, here's the script |
I'm on Fedora immutable OS and would love to get a link to that script you are mentioning. |
Mentioned in #56 but here's a direct link |
What should be modified?
Please package this software for
flatpak
.Why is this desirable?
Flatpak packages operate in a containerized environment. This means that minute differences in package standards across Linux distributions are eliminated by the container. Flatpak provides a basic (albeit significantly defeatable) sandbox in order to facilitate the aforementioned and provide Android/i(Pad)OS/Windows 10/11-like permission control support.
However, I implore you to read https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak-docs/blob/fa338cd763e1e50b2d8120d857f4135ef7fb935b/docs/introduction.rst#reasons-to-use-flatpak:~:text=Reasons%20to%20use%20Flatpak if you want to know why I believe that you should support this:
I am thankful for any assistance.
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