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[Sergio Schvezov <sergio.schvezov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Ricardo Kirkner <
ricardo.kirkner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm working on adding support for exposing supported architectures for the
> click packages. This work will include:
>
> - allow developer to specify supported architecture for binary file during
> upload (later on, the architecture will be extracted from the click package
> itself)
> - expose supported architectures for click package so that the click index
> can filter by architecture easily
>
> I am making a few assumptions and I have one question for which I'd like
> to hear your thoughts.
>
> Assumptions
> - a click package can support one of the following architectures: armhf,
> amd64, i386 or all (meaning a generic app that works on all architectures)
>

Are we going to limit the infra to those 4 options? There is no user use of
arm64 today, but who knows...


> - a click app can support multiple applications by means of multiple click
> packages (one for each supported architecture)
> - supported architectures is a dynamic feature of the click app; it will
> depend on the available uploaded binaries at any given time (and the
> architectures they've been uploaded for)
> - the binary filename will include the architecture  (eg,
> namespace.appname_version_arch.click)
>

If I specify arch, I get something like:
 com.ubuntu.ubuntu-filemanager_0.1.1_armhf.click<http://10.97.2.10:8080/view/click/job/filemanager-app-click/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/com.ubuntu.ubuntu-filemanager_0.1.1_armhf.click>

- we will now have to allow uploading a new click package for an already
> uploaded version, as long as it's for a new architecture
>
> Question
> - in the case of multi-arch package, is it ok that we name the file using
> _all.click ? Is that the current convention?
>

Yes, but I've seen apps with 'unknown', not sure where those come from or
how they are built. Here's the output from not specifying arch in the
manifest
com.ubuntu.dropping-letters_0.1.2.2_all.click<http://10.97.2.10:8080/view/click/job/dropping-letters-click/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/com.ubuntu.dropping-letters_0.1.2.2_all.click>

If this is how it's the way forward I'll leave to Colin.