In a minor way, I've been trying to keep track of known off-repo apps beside my own ports. https://sites.google.com/view/michelshaikuapps/hosted
Shaka444 Maybe we can convince the core team to add an option for that repo.
I think you have a better chance of healing lepers and raising the dead than that happening.
Shaka444 Can't we build from source ourselves? Clone the source locally and build in house then post the binaries.
Yup, that is exactly what Haikuporter does. But the automated approach has its own problems. I can point you to some apps that are wayyy outdated. Something changed in the source, it doesn't compile any more and nobody can be bothered to go in and check on what's happening.
Atomozero The part that feels most delicate is that something like this would only work if it's additive to HaikuPorts, not an alternative. Dependencies resolved through the normal system solver against the repos that already exist, and if an app also lives on HaikuPorts the manifest says so and points you to the curated version.
I totally agree. We don't want to be responsible at this stage for maintaining our own versions of ffmpeg, qt6 or ("the horror, the horror") webkit. That may change later.
