On Wed, 2017-02-22 at 12:37 -0700, Chris Murphy wrote: > It'd be nice if there were a direct download + install for flatpak > applications. Either licking on the URL in Firefox causes GNOME > Software to autolaunch and do whatever needs to be done (find and > install runtimes as well as the application); or maybe an included > webextension for Firefox that can do the installation. If you go here, that is pretty much what you get: http://flatpak.org/apps.html There's still some polish that we need to do in gnome-software to make this experience as smooth as it can be, but the basic functionality is there now. > At the moment I'm confused about --system vs --user installation > locations. Somehow I have some things that are system and others are > user. This is relevant because a system domain installation means > it's > the rootfs volume that takes the storage hit; where user domain > installation means it's the home volume that takes the storage hit. > And if runtime and application are split, then backup and restore > strategy has to account for this split or it's possible the > application ends up "broken" if the runtime is missing. > > My gut instinct is that the first user created by g-i-s should be an > admin (in group wheel) by default. And when a user in group wheel is > doing flatpak application installations, that by default they're > installed on rootfs not in home, so that they're available for any > user. I'm not super inclined to applications being stored in > /home/<user>/. gnome-software has a setting: install-bundles-system-wide, which defaults to true. You will get a polkit dialog when you try to install a flatpak. I don't think there's a need for making things more complicated. > A "neat" option would be a flatpak exported file that describes the > system's flatpak state (all remotes, runtimes, applications) that can > be imported into a clean system, and then ask flatpak to do the > restore or whatever other command means "make it go" and then flatpak > goes out and downloads and installs those items. > > Last, I'd rather not have to manage or even be aware of runtimes. > Can't the application flatpak define what runtime(s) it prefers in > order, and then go out and get them? This especially applies to GNOME > Software which shows runtimes separate from the application. That is what is done with the .flatpakref files that I've mentioned above. The file provides gnome-software with enough information to install not just the application and its remote, but also the required runtime and their remote. Again, the gnome-software support for this is still improving, but it all works with the commandline tools. _______________________________________________ desktop mailing list -- desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to desktop-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
