[Gambas-user] Support for new Packaging systems (Snappy and Flatpak)

[Sebastian Kulesz]

I will try to build a framework for building Gambas projects in the next
few weeks. I don't make any promises though! :)

On Sat, Jun 18, 2016, 12:35 Benoît Minisini <gambas at ...1...>
wrote:

> Le 18/06/2016 01:10, Dimitris Anogiatis a écrit :
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > This is by no means urgent, I'm just asking mainly out of curiosity.
> >
> > There's been a lot of talk lately about new packaging systems mainly
> Snappy
> > (from Canonical - http://snapcraft.io/) and Flatpak (from Red-Hat/Fedora
> > but I also think they GNOME Foundation is behind them too -
> > http://flatpak.org/).
> >
> > New features like application isolation and transactional updates,
> packaged
> > dependencies etc etc.
> >
> > Is there any thought that Gambas will use those packaging systems in
> future
> > versions?
> >
> > Is there any practical reason for getting Gambas and/or Gambas created
> > software to be packaged
> > with the new systems, or are we sticking with the already available
> > solutions?
> >
> > Chime in everyone
> >
> > Thanks
> > Dimitris
>
> AFAIK, these beasts are isolated applications that can share part of
> their libraries as soon as someone make a "bundle" for them.
>
> In other words, app A and app B are provided with all their dependencies
> like on Windows, except that:
> - They are isolated in containers.
> - If, for example, both A and B use GTK+, they can share the GTK+
> libraries through a GTK bundle.
>
> So it is a matter of finding someone who can make a Gambas snap/flatpak:
>
> - based on nothing, with every libraries in the package.
>
> - using both GTK+ and QT bundles, so that it shares them with the other
> package.
>
> - using only GTK+ or QT. So you have to make two Gambas snap/flatpak.
>
> - For other libraries, I don't think it's worth sharing them. Except if
> you have already a bundle for them. For example SDL, or GStreamer, and
> so on. It must be evaluated case by case.
>
> Any volunteer?
>
> --
> Benoît Minisini
>
>
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