Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP 2.9.x AppImage package

[Carmelo DrRaw <aferrero1975 gmail com>]

I guess the best would be to try running my scripts on the gimp build server, and fix possible issues… to 
whom should I talk about the details?


> On 17 Jun 2017, at 00:03, Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre prokoudine gmail com> wrote:
>
> Actually, it would ve lovely to have nightly appimage builds on gimp.org <http://gimp.org/>.
>
> Alex
>
> 16 июня 2017 г. 20:00 пользователь "Carmelo DrRaw" <aferrero1975 gmail com <mailto:aferrero1975 gmail com>>
> написал:
>
> > Dear gimp developers and enthusiasts,
> >
> > since a while I am working on a AppImage package for GIMP 2.9.x, built
> > from the latest git versions of BABL/GEGL/GIMP.
> >
> > After quite some improvements by trial-and-error, I think that the package
> > is now ready to be used and tested by a wider audience.
> >
> > The compilation and creation of the AppImage package is automated via bash
> > and jhbuild, and the whole set of scripts and configuration files is
> > available on GitHub: https://github.com/aferrero2707/gimp-appimage 
> > <https://github.com/aferrero2707/gimp-appimage> <
> > https://github.com/aferrero2707/gimp-appimage <https://github.com/aferrero2707/gimp-appimage>>
> > I am currently building the AppImage on a Linux Mint 17 system, but
> > theoretically anyone should be able to create the package using the
> > provided scripts…
> > Most of the dependencies are compiled from sources, so that they do not
> > depend on what is available/installed on the system used for building the
> > AppImage.
> >
> > The main advantages of using an AppImage are:
> > * the software uses its own bundled libraries, so that the execution
> > environment is well defined and can be more recent than what is installed
> > on the host system
> > * no installation needed, just download and run
> > * you can have several versions in parallel
> >
> >
> > The latest version of the AppImage is available for testing here:
> > https://filebin.net/993vhqvwndz1dld5 <https://filebin.net/993vhqvwndz1dld5> 
> > <https://filebin.net/993vhqvwndz1dld5 <https://filebin.net/993vhqvwndz1dld5>
> > >
> >
> >
> > Would there be any interest from the GIMP team to make such a package
> > officially available from the GIMP web site?
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any feedback!
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