Re: Verify the Flatpak

On 2/22/26 12:48 PM, Georg Baum via lyx-devel wrote:
> 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 recently got an iPad, partly because I wanted to be able to try some 
of the musical instruments, like GeoShred, that are available for it, 
and partly because I needed a new tablet for work. I have found using it 
to be extremely frusatrating, because of this whole sandboxing thing. 
The FTP client I downloaded can only save files to a very limited number 
of locations. Even the Files tool that comes with the iPad seems to have 
access only to its own set of locations. So when I download a file from 
my server, it's a huge hassle to get it to open in, say, an Open 
Document reader. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but I consider myself 
pretty savvy with these things, so if it's hard for me to figure out....

> 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.

Agreed.

One thing I have never understood is why people are so reluctant just to 
build LyX themselves. It isn't that hard.

Riki


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