about linux package for other distros

[FreedomKnight]

i wanna download linux preview but i only find the deb package option.
i know i can clone it on gitgub.
i just want to ask it whether it plan to pack a rpm package ?

[thefirstofthe300]

Currently, the team is trying to bring the Linux port up to speed with both Mac and Windows in the shell. Packaging for other distros isn't currently a high priority as Node isn't even integrated yet with the master Linux branch. I would imagine that after all of the features are to parity with Mac and Windows that the team MIGHT look into packaging for other distros but I am not part of the team and therefore can't guarantee anything. If you want, you could probably package for your own distro and maintain the package if you wanted to.

[jasonsanjose]

Marking move to backlog.

[jasonsanjose]

We should create separate user stories for packaging for different distributions. Fedora is the most appealing since Chrome already has rpm packaging scripts.

If you want to get a head start on contributing this to brackets-shell, start on our wiki here https://github.com/adobe/brackets/wiki/Linux-Development-for-Contributors and look at the Chromium packaging scripts here http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/chrome/installer/linux/rpm/.

[gruehle]

Added this story to the backlog. Please feel free to vote for it!

[jgillich]

Here is a rpm converted with alien: https://github.com/jgillich/brackets-rpm

[nimbosa]

whatever happened to PR #316? it looked like heading in a good direction for a Universal installer on *N?x systems..

[Stono]

I second this question - I (and all my colleagues) use fedora so an rpm package would be great.

[jgillich]

IMHO, having a package for everyone's favourite distribution is great, but creating packages is the job of the distribution's packagers, not the developers of the software itself. I'm sure everyone will be installing the package that the distribution provides (if it provides one) because these are very easy to install and to keep up to date. Going to a website, downloading and then executing an installer is much worse than what package management already provides.