Package for Fedora 37

[recursiveribbons]

Feature Request

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Right now, running dnf install starship will not find the package when on Fedora 37. I checked the package sources, and it appears there is no package for Fedora 37. Fedora 37 was released Nov. 15, 2022.

Describe the solution you'd like

Include Starship in the Fedora 37 repos

Describe alternatives you've considered

I thought about using crates or snaps, but considering Fedora is an officially supported system according to the site, I think it'd be more fitting for Starship to be packaged for Fedora 37.

[matchai]

For the time being, since the package was retired, I think it'd be best if we removed it from our installation docs until a new package is published: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2051601#c19

[mayormaier]

@matchai What is your recommended installation method until a new package is published? Also, when do you anticipate the release of a new fedora package?

[matchai]

I can't speak to when a Fedora package will be published but our shell script installation method should work on all Linux distros.

[davidkna]

@mayormaier At your own risk, you can use this copr run by the former fedora starship package maintainer: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/atim/starship/

[benjamin051000]

@matchai Just out of curiosity, why is the shell script installer recommended over a distro package or cargo install?

[matchai]

@benjamin051000 That's because it's up-to-date and dependency-free.
Distro packages are mostly maintained by others, so some may fall behind on releases, as was the case for Fedora.
Cargo requires Rust to be installed and up-to-date. Out of date cargo will show cryptic build failures, so it isn't immediately obvious what's wrong.

[comminutus]

The install script isn't ideal on Silverblue since it directly modifies the host system. It'd better to have it installed in a container like toolbox/distrobox and somehow source the script from the host bash.

[jangorecki]

I can't speak to when a Fedora package will be published but our shell script installation method should work on all Linux distros.

@matchai is this way going to be updated when running dnf update? if not then what are the alternatives so version can stay up to date?