A Linux App Store Proposal

[Jorge García]

Hi Charles,

Thank you for the comments and the links.

Hosting a OSTree repository in an HTTP server is not complicated, but there
are different ways to do it, like having different repositories per
app/arch/channel (production/beta/...) or using different branches. I have
written about this in the proposal (pages 7 and 8)  but I still need to
experiment and test to determine the best approach. Some help will be very
appreciated!

In my opinion some of the "Personas" considered in this proposal (see page
6) won't see any added value hosting their own OSTree repos (the same way
they probably don't have their self hosted git repos) and will just publish
their apps in the store.

A nice thing about Linux comparing to other platforms is that you won't be
forced to use any particular store. The same way we do in real life, we
probably will have the choice to "buy" in bigs malls (General Stores) or in
specialized stores/shops for certain kind of applications (games, ...)

Best regards,
Jorge



On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 9:09 AM, Charles Johnson <
charlesjohnsont at outlook.com> wrote:

> I'll just give my opinion as a user, I am not a developer and I've only
> experienced with Flatpak, packaging sall applications.
>
> I think more than a store -how of Canonical-, the Linux ecosystem needs a
> place to discover apps with this new format. One must consider that each
> distribution will take different paths with Flatpak, using it internally or
> by adding third-party repositories directly (see :
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Workstation/Third_party_software_proposal).
> Therefore, the software centers of each distribution ill be central in
> the user experience to the installation of these types of applications,
> such as GNOME Software or Yumex-dnf (see:
> https://github.com/timlau/yumex-dnf/issues/124)
>
>  Therefore, I think a site that is responsible for gathering information
> from the applications that are distributed as Flatpaks and add a direct
> download link (bundle), link to the author's website or a link to open it
> from GNOME Software is a good perspective.
>
>
>
>
> CJT
> ------------------------------
> *De:* xdg-app <xdg-app-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org> en nombre de Jorge
> García <jgarciao at gmail.com>
> *Enviado:* jueves, 28 de julio de 2016 10:15:26 p. m.
> *Para:* xdg-app at lists.freedesktop.org
> *Asunto:* A Linux App Store Proposal
>
>
> Hi,
>
> My name is Jorge García and I'm a software engineer from Barcelona [1]
>
> Some weeks ago I asked Alex privately if he knew about any public or
> private project about creating a “Linux App Store” using flatpak packages.
> We exchanged some e-mails and he asked me to take the discussion to the
> mailing list.
>
> I initially wanted to write a short draft document with some of the ideas
> but finally I ended up creating a quite formal document with a proposal for
> a Linux App Store, with some mockups and possible implementation details.
> You will find the document in the link below [2].
>
> I will be very happy to know your thoughts about this proposal.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jorge
>
> [1] https://es.linkedin.com/in/jgarciao
> [2]
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-021DnJVTcZSXNyQWFZS0JDYmc/view?usp=sharing
>
>
>
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