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The "right thing" is submitting a patch to popular distros to have your package included in the repos. IME: it's always application devs who are upset about th

• lproven 4y ago
  No, I disagree. I can see at least 3 reasons: [1] That will happen in time anyway. This is a flagship app. [2] I would not expect any distro to include a major version in its stable release. So, even if they do that, it will take months to percolate out. [3] When it happens, it will need an OS version upgrade. This is a standalone app release, not an OS release. It is in many OSes and it will make its way to them in time. You are conflating 2 different things. The question we are discussing here is: I run T'bird on my own box, and I want to try the new version; how do I do that? There are 2 possible solutions to this: either provide distro-native packages (as Google does; this is mainly appropriate to proprietary apps, which T'bird is not); or, provide some kind of cross-distro package. Since both Snap and Flatpak need support tools installed, and AppImage does not, that makes AppImage the best choice, IMHO. Snapcraft and Flathub will do their own thing in time. On which note, T'bird 102 is already on Snapcraft, but it does not pick up existing T'bird settings or profiles.
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