I don't see the value of appimage in a statically linked binary world that we have in Plan 9. What would it add?
Flatpack and Snap and friends, I'm not sure either. To run a program on plan 9, you construct a namespace and run it, with resources local and remote. Sounds like an rc script to me. On Mon, Jun 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM Jeremy Jackins <[email protected]> wrote: > > Flatpack and Snap would give a portable repository experience (i.e. > with updates). However I think many find the "download and click to > launch" experience of AppImage to be nice. > > Offering an AppImage for download seems like slightly lower maintainer burden. > > On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 5:19 AM David Arnold <[email protected]> wrote: > > I’m not sure on the latest status, but a Flatpak, Snap, or AppImage could > > deliver a similar “just one file” experience for Linux users. > > > > I *think* AppImage is the most portable but I’m not sure that’s still > > accurate. > > > > Has anyone tried to build any of these? ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Tbe8e5fda6ae62f5c-Mfd0ae9088ece77afd8b110f6 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
