On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Ricardo Kirkner < ricardo.kirk...@canonical.com> wrote:
> Hi all, > > I'm working on adding support for exposing supported architectures for the > click packages. This work will include: > > - allow developer to specify supported architecture for binary file during > upload (later on, the architecture will be extracted from the click package > itself) > - expose supported architectures for click package so that the click index > can filter by architecture easily > > I am making a few assumptions and I have one question for which I'd like > to hear your thoughts. > > Assumptions > - a click package can support one of the following architectures: armhf, > amd64, i386 or all (meaning a generic app that works on all architectures) > Are we going to limit the infra to those 4 options? There is no user use of arm64 today, but who knows... > - a click app can support multiple applications by means of multiple click > packages (one for each supported architecture) > - supported architectures is a dynamic feature of the click app; it will > depend on the available uploaded binaries at any given time (and the > architectures they've been uploaded for) > - the binary filename will include the architecture (eg, > namespace.appname_version_arch.click) > If I specify arch, I get something like: com.ubuntu.ubuntu-filemanager_0.1.1_armhf.click<http://10.97.2.10:8080/view/click/job/filemanager-app-click/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/com.ubuntu.ubuntu-filemanager_0.1.1_armhf.click> - we will now have to allow uploading a new click package for an already > uploaded version, as long as it's for a new architecture > > Question > - in the case of multi-arch package, is it ok that we name the file using > _all.click ? Is that the current convention? > Yes, but I've seen apps with 'unknown', not sure where those come from or how they are built. Here's the output from not specifying arch in the manifest com.ubuntu.dropping-letters_0.1.2.2_all.click<http://10.97.2.10:8080/view/click/job/dropping-letters-click/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/com.ubuntu.dropping-letters_0.1.2.2_all.click> If this is how it's the way forward I'll leave to Colin.
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