Support bundle for Linux

[leaanthony]

We need to support 'wails bundle' for Linux. Suggestions welcome (snap?).

[leaanthony]

I think we'll just use goreleaser to address this issue.

[bh90210]

There seems to be a decent amount of solutions that are all valid.

If what we are after is strictly mimic the functionality wails build -p offers for macos/windows
the best strategy seems to be using goreleaser with some wails generated [desktop entry] ref
and have native .deb .rpm files generated that will support icons on system menus.

Having said that, I think the situation is not either/or. Ideally wails should support everything from the linux universe. It is about time-energy for dev.

So here are all the options I see as worth pursuing:

1. using .desktop (desktop entry) in builds that produce .deb .rpm packages goreleaser ref
2. Snaps (of-course) ref
3. Flatpacks ref
4. Appimages ref

[Vaelatern]

What is meant by wails bundle? wails build -p? How is this theoretically different from wails build?

[Vaelatern]

The best bang-for-buck measure would be adding a .desktop file and letting local packagers install the binary (we know what to do with a go binary) and the .desktop file (we know what to do with those too). This would conflict the least with local installation guidelines and provide all the wanted information. It would also make wails applications easy enough to package, and possibly even cross compile.

Generating a flatpack would also provide value.

[bh90210]

you can check what the -p does here
and see it in action here

[leaanthony]

Closing for now and listing on the https://github.com/wailsapp/wails/wiki/Post-V1-Enhancements page