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Laszlo Kishalmi commented on NETBEANS-341: ------------------------------------------ Well, it seems ASF is quite an Ubuntu shop, though I'm going to raise an INFRA about how would Snapcraft be available on any of them. > Provide Snap Packages for NetBeans > ---------------------------------- > > Key: NETBEANS-341 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-341 > Project: NetBeans > Issue Type: Wish > Components: platform - Launchers&CLI > Affects Versions: 9.0 > Reporter: Laszlo Kishalmi > Assignee: Laszlo Kishalmi > Priority: Major > Labels: CI, build > Time Spent: 2.5h > Remaining Estimate: 0h > > The aim of this wish is to make NetBeans IDE available using Snap packaging > system making it available on almost all Linux distributions. > While the invention of Snap package management is a bit controversial among > Linux users, it is definitely gaining momentum as some major brands started > to deliver their products as Snap packages. Like Spotify and IntelliJ as well. > Snap store can provide different distribution channels for different state of > the products, like alpha, beta and stable (additional channels can be > requested as well). Snapcraft.io service provides an automatic build and > release functionality for free. Also the snap client can update the installed > software daily. Having this functionality can enable some users to live on > the edge if they want. > I've started some experiments which can help make it happen. > # This snap code needs to be integrated into the main NetBeans repository. > Check tle linked PR#404 > # Snapcraft.io could be bind into github to enable automatic build. > As far as I see now we shall request a permission to build a the package > with classic confinement (no-security restrictions) > My experimental package is available and can be tested with: > {code:java} > wget > https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/lkishalmi-us-west-2-public/snaps/netbeans_9.0-beta-rc2_amd64.snap > snap install netbeans_9.0-beta-rc2_amd64.snap --dangerous --classic{code} > If we could make this happen NetBeans install on Linux could be as simple as: > {code:java} > snap install netbeans --classic{code} > -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: commits-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: commits-h...@netbeans.apache.org For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists