nextcloud / nextcloud/talk-desktop
Why is there no MSI installer, AppImage, Snap package, Deb package, *Package for my distro* ?
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Description
- The general distribution strategy was outlined in https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-desktop/issues/257 already.
For now we limited the available options to 1 solution per operating system, that covers as many users as possible.
There are plans to follow up and provide more "generic packages" such as a Windows MSI installer, AppImage and a Snap package.
However since our resources are limited, we do not plan to provide them any time soon and neither custom packages for distributions at this time. We want to focus our efforts on the actual product development, instead of learning how to create packages for various Linux distributions.
However, you are welcome to contribute packages. If you are familiar with the processes on your distribution, please fill out the following form: https://cloud.nextcloud.com/apps/forms/s/kDmjXaKLbo4SkWWJZHR6ijKa
Contributor guide
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.
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