AppImageSpec
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AppImage
This repository holds the specification for the AppImage format.
https://blog.tenstral.net/2023/11/appstream-1-0-released.html AppStream has seen lots of changes over the past decade or so, but to their credit they only now are declaring it 1.0 and hence api stable. Since we...
The previous specification does not provide enough information on how to properly construct valid signatures in the AppImage ecosystem. For interoperability, and using the current implementation as a reference, this...
#34 suggests to just release a 1.0. In a recent discussion with @probonopd, I proposed an alternative scheme which I think is very much superior to just starting with a...
While experimenting with fully static type-2 runtime builds, we found that this breaks AppImageLauncher's integration method which currently depends on `LD_PRELOAD`. I recently discussed this problem with @probonopd, and we...
Release v1.0 of the spec. Proposed changes: * Mandate that the type-2 AppImage runtime must be **statically linked** so that it can run on non-glibc systems and will not require...
I've been thinking about the magic bytes problem we have with the current type 2 a bit. The only solution is to move these magic bytes to another location. This...
This should be merged together with https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/pull/1224
https://github.com/mhx/dwarfs is making bold claims: > So in this comparison, mkdwarfs is **more than 6 times faster** than mksquashfs, both in terms of CPU time and wall clock time. >...
AppImages are files which can get really big in size, and download errors can occur with such sizes I propose to add some way to (at least try to) verify...
As briefly discussed [here](https://github.com/eloquentstore/launcher/issues/3). It would be nice if we could have a file that defines which "privileges" an AppImage needs when running in a sandbox. For example: - May...
