Linux: Embed AppImage update information
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100
- Issue type
- Feature
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Activity status
- Active
- Tech stack
- linux, tauri, typescript
- Domain
- build-system, desktop, release
Research direction
No file or test entry point is named. Start by reading the linked AppImage update-information specifications and compare them with the project's Linux release configuration. Done means the distributed AppImage includes valid .zsync update information that AppImageUpdate and the other referenced tools can recognize.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Description
Request to provide .zsync file for AppImage delta updates.
Updating will take less amount of data and time due to downloading only diff.
info:
- https://github.com/AppImageCommunity/AppImageUpdate#update-information-overview
- https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageSpec/blob/master/draft.md#update-information
- https://github.com/ivan-hc/AppImage-tips#how-to-add-delta-updates
This is a common standard for updating AppImages.
AppImage having update information would also recognized by other software e.g. AppImageLauncher, AppImageUpdate, AppManager, AM etc...
Lots of projects already support updating AppImage e.g: LibreWolf, KeePassXC, Sigil, VSCodium etc.
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 282
- Forks
- 33
- Avg merge
- 16h 36m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 3
Getting set up
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First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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