Make an official Flatpak on Flathub

(#948) Feature Shipped packaging

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Comment by @UnRealxInferno
RexSystem 1 vote originally by @UnRealxInferno on GitHub 5 replies
AppImages and RPMs are quite literally the easiest package formats to use, what? +1 for flatpak though.
Comment by @WatchCollector67
RexSystem 1 vote originally by @WatchCollector67 on GitHub
AppImages and RPMs are quite literally the easiest package formats to use, what?
Not for maintainability purposes. Unless the application has a built in auto-updater, the RPM file ships with a specific version and unless manually updated by the user, it will be forever on that version, which could be insecure, broken, etc.
Comment by @UnRealxInferno
RexSystem 1 vote originally by @UnRealxInferno on GitHub
> AppImages and RPMs are quite literally the easiest package formats to use, what? Not for maintainability purposes. Unless the application has a built in auto-updater, the RPM file ships with a specific version and unless manually updated by the user, it will be forever on that version, which could be insecure, broken, etc.
It does have an auto updater built in, it's a discord clone
Comment by @WatchCollector67
RexSystem 1 vote originally by @WatchCollector67 on GitHub
> > AppImages and RPMs are quite literally the easiest package formats to use, what? > > > Not for maintainability purposes. Unless the application has a built in auto-updater, the RPM file ships with a specific version and unless manually updated by the user, it will be forever on that version, which could be insecure, broken, etc. It does have an auto updater built in, it's a discord clone
I'm well aware. I was commenting on RPM's in general, which don't always ship with an auto-updater.
Comment by @lonjil
RexSystem 1 vote originally by @lonjil on GitHub
AppImages aren't portable. E.g. the Fluxer AppImage doesn't work on my Linux computer. But Flatpak apps run fine.
Comment by @askiiart
RexSystem 1 vote edited originally by @askiiart on GitHub
...I'm sorry, are we complaining about RPMs not auto-updating? Like, if this updates like discord does, as @UnRealxInferno seesm to be saying, then that's completely divorced from package management. And regardless, Flatpak doesn't auto-update either, it's just a matter of configuration. And even if Flatpak did, if you can't figure out how to update your computer, Fluxer of all things getting updated should probably be the least of your concerns.