TMSU on Flatpak or Snap for easy updating?

[naturalspringwater]

Hello,

I think the functionality of your filesystem is simple and elegant and I think more people would use it if it were 1) more easily accessible and known and 2) easier to update.

It would reach more users if you packaged it on https://flatpak.org/ or the Ubuntu-developed https://snapcraft.io/ (I think Flatpak is a bit more liked by Linux users, but don't quote me). These reach most of the Linux distributions, and I only suggest this over classic .deb and .rpm packaging because it's easier for devs and because you've not reached version 1.0.0 so I assume that means it's not "officially" "stable" yet (?) and updates are expected (normally a problem in LTS distros but not with Flatpak/Snap).

That said, I primarily ask for this because I run about 5-6 systems, and it makes updating much easier. I completely avoid tar.gz stuff.

Anyway, good job

[ashleyharvey]

I'd love to see this in Homebrew for macOS as well.

[danielp96]

I would recommend agains't choosing snapcraft as it's gaining the dislike of linux users and flatpack is too elaborated (i think) for something simple as tmsu (simple as being a small self contained program). I suggest considering AppImage https://appimage.org/ as it's easy for developers to implement and it's becoming the preferred method for distributing linux programs, with flatpack very close (not considering deb and rpm).

[dominix]

may be just updating the PPA would be enought.

[oniony]

AppImage sounds like a great idea. Will look at it for 0.8.0.