FR: package availabe as RPM or (PKG.TAR.ZST at least again)

[zWhdmB5T]

Dear all,

I use Linux (openSUSE Leap). But I don't build by myself. Therefore a need a binary package.

My distribution (openSUSE Leap) is RPM based. There hasn't been an RPM release ever. So, I used PKG.TAR.ZST as a work-around (just put in in some subfolder of my home, extracted, run… — no actual install).

I wish there would be a (maintained) Flatpak release. That would be best. Second priority would be a (working — without further dependencies!) RPM. Third priority would be the return of PKG.TAR.ZST release, which is gone recently.

Thank you!

[Serg-Norseman]

RPM releases were before version 3.4.0 (you need to check SourceForge - I didn't clean old distributions from assets there).

But before this release there were only 2-3 people who occasionally helped with RPM. Then my Fedora died for some unknown reason. I don't have the time and resources to do this. So I stopped releasing RPM.

Between versions 3.8 and 3.9, my virtual machine with Manjaro died and there was nowhere to build PKG.TAR.ZST. I don't have the time and resources to do this. So I stopped releasing this too.

In order to release a certain type of releases, I need to be able to create them directly on my machine. Not because I am against creating them automatically via "GH Actions" - no, it's a good and useful mechanism. But because if someone asks me a question about a specific release, I should be able to run it and check what's going on there.

I don't have any opportunity or time to deal with Linux distributions right now.

[zWhdmB5T]

@Serg-Norseman Thank your for your detailed reply! Thank you very much!

OK, I understand your point.

Sorry, I cannot help you by myself (because I am not good at coding and building).

Then maybe, I'll try the DEB and convert it (it's possible somehow). Hopefully, at least one Linux binary release (in this case, DEB) is available.

About Flatpak: it's possible to set up an Flatpak app/release which is automated. Once you done it (I cannot, sorry — but there are many that work this way), it's running independently. To check the Flatpak you need a Linux distribution, of course. Don't you have any working Linux any more? How do you provide DEB?

[zWhdmB5T]

@Serg-Norseman

How do you provide DEB?

[Serg-Norseman]

Linux Mint VM

[Serg-Norseman]

Sorry, I cannot help you by myself (because I am not good at coding and building).

Install .NET 6 or higher
Install git
Clone the repository
Restore links to other projects
Run the script to build the rpm package from the deploy folder of the project

There is no coding here. The script is already there, it does everything to build the RPM. There is also a script for building PKG.TAR.ZST.