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Update: never mind. I was mistaken about the timeline, click definitely predates xdg-app. If you're implying that Canonical shouldn't be blamed for creating Cl

by aroman 10y ago

Update: never mind. I was mistaken about the timeline, click definitely predates xdg-app. If you're implying that Canonical shouldn't be blamed for creating Click as an NIH solution because they released it first, I'd disagree. xdg-app has been a thing for way longer than click. xdg-app was open, the architecture were documented, and Canonical probably could have worked with it if they cared to. Same with Wayland and Mir.

lbenes 10y ago
Do you have a source for that? From my investigation, this does not seem to be true. xdg-app's initial release was Dec 17, 2014. [1] While click seems to go back to 2013[2] [1] https://github.com/alexlarsson/xdg-app/commits/master?page=38 https://github.com/alexlarsson/xdg-app/commits/master?page=3... [2] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2013-May/037074.html https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2013-May/0370...
- wmf 10y ago
  I guess Click was only for phones while Snappy for desktops was released long after xdg-app, but that's splitting hairs.
- aroman 10y ago
  You're right, thanks for fact checking. I was conflating snappy and click. I've updated my original post.
knocte 10y ago
Click from Canonical? I think you're confusing it with Snappy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snappy_%28package_manager%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snappy_%28package_manager%29 Where can I find who wrote Click in the first place? The only reference to wikipedia seems to be about klik, not Click: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppImage_%28packaging_method%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppImage_%28packaging_method%2...