boltgolt/howdy

Howdy on Flatpak or Snap

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#356 opened on May 22, 2020

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Description

So the story began when I was trying to get Howdy to work on Fedora Silverblue. It installed fine with layering, but I just couldn't make configurations, since it's a read-only filesystem. Long story short, is there any difficulties to making a Flatpak or Snap package of Howdy? It would make it available to a lot more users who do not have access to the Ubuntu PPA or the AUR. I've seen feature requests on here wanting Howdy on Solus, Void, Gentoo, Clear Linux, etc. As a Fedora user, I've also had to switch 3 COPRs because of dependency issues. Thank you all!

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Research direction
Investigate the feasibility of packaging Howdy as Flatpak and Snap. Study existing Flatpak manifests for similar authentication apps and Snapcraft.yaml examples. Understand Howdy's dependencies (e.g., Python, dlib, face recognition) and how to bundle them in a sandboxed environment. Test the build process on a Fedora Silverblue system to ensure compatibility.
Tech stack
python
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releasebuild system
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Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
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Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
GitFlatpakSnap
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
70