Re: Verify the Flatpak

Am 22.02.26 um 17:58 schrieb Richard Kimberly Heck:
> On 2/21/26 8:32 PM, T Rex wrote:
>> Given the policies of some distributions regarding the reliability of 
>> unverified packages, which may restrict installation or hide them in 
>> search results, it has been suggested that the package be verified.
>>
>> https://docs.flathub.org/docs/for-app-authors/verification
>>
>> Of course, any member of the development team can take control of the 
>> repository associated with the package or simply assume the 
>> supervisory role.
> 
> If some member of the development team is interested in doing this, then 
> of course they can do that. Would they would also need to take over 
> building the package? If so, how is that done?

In the context of https://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/13252 I had a short 
look at the flatpak package last year. IMHO LyX is not suitable for 
flatpak, unless you are willing to give up much of its extensibility, 
because the interaction with many other tools contradicts sandboxing 
concepts like flatpak.

I agree however that something needs to be done, since the current 
package at https://github.com/flathub/org.lyx.LyX violates 
https://docs.flathub.org/docs/for-app-authors/requirements#control-over-domain-or-repository. 
Either a LyX developer takes ownership of the repo, or the lyx.org 
prefix needs to be removed.


Georg
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