I believe the conversation was talking about creating a "demo VM" for
Linux using an AppImage, rather than porting the format to Plan 9.
- Willow
On 12/06/2025 18:58, Ron Minnich wrote:
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?
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