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Maybe it would be better to provide this as a .zip which has a |
@Jonast a zip provides no advantage over an AppImage. You can unpack an AppImage very easily by running |
@probonopd I think I might not have been clear. The .zip should contain the AppImage in packed form but also an (empty) Edit/TL;DR: I'm simply suggesting that one shouldn't need to create empty folders to ensure that the settings are portable for the portable Atom version, since people are bound to forget. |
I was simply pointing out a potential culprit when the |
@probonopd Try this for checking if (argv.createAppimage) { There is only uppercase when there is a dash separating words. Like: |
Thanks @hultberg. Would never have tried this... |
Can someone take this from here? |
arch = 'i386' | ||
} else if (process.arch === 'x64') { | ||
arch = 'amd64' | ||
} else if (process.arch === 'ppc') { |
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PowerPC is not a supported platform for Atom.
Our position has not changed since #13921 |
Why do you think a feature request to "Generate AppImage for Linux" is off-topic @HolyProgrammer? Your comment really leaves me puzzled:
So why are you marking this as off-topic then, instead of lobbying for it? |
Someone from the atom team please see below, solve the remaining issue and then merge this once it builds "green".
This PR, when merged, will compile this application on Travis CI upon each
git push
, and upload an AppImage.It tries to mirror 1:1 what the debian pipeline is doing, using the same binaries. So this should not add additional burden to the Atom team. It is merely a self-mounting filesystem image. Think of it as putting the contents of the deb into a self-mounting ISO.
Providing an AppImage would have, among others, these advantages:
appimaged
Here is an overview of projects that are already distributing upstream-provided, official AppImages.
I need help on the following issue: What translates the lowercase
--create-debian-package
to makeif (argv.createDebianPackage)
inscript/build
trigger? I think I have added and am calling--create-appimage
but I am currently gettingAny help greatly appreciated.
AppImage developers are on #AppImage on irc.freenode.net.