microsoft / microsoft/msix-packaging
request: publish UNIX binaries
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- C
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Description
Can we please publish macOS and Linux binaries to accompany the Windows binaries?
That would encourage more *NIX developers to port our applications to Windows.
Here's an old example of how to quickly generate crossplatform binaries:
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating how the existing Windows binaries are built and published in the C-based MSIX SDK repository. Review the release and build configuration for macOS and Linux support, using the linked snek example only as background. Done means macOS and Linux binaries are published alongside the existing Windows binaries.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, linux, macos
- Domain
- build-system, operating-systems, release
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100