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Where are the downloads for v1.17.0? #636

Open ffes opened 1 year ago

ffes commented 1 year ago

Is your feature request related to a problem?

I don't know where to find the Linux and Windows downloads for v1.17.0

In the wiki you are redirected to the releases page, but that doesn't have any additional assets apart from a source tarball and zip.

Describe the solution you'd like

Being able to easily download the program

Describe alternatives you've considered

Keep on using the download of v1.16

Give a reason why someone else should spend time on that request

Without a download there are no users, and without users there is no program.

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jcz7021 commented 1 year ago

Hello,

I'm also interested for the windows binaries 👍

Great thanks in advance

kiozen commented 1 year ago

No one volunteers to create some so there are none. Binary packages are community work.

pshlos46 commented 1 year ago

I am also interested in this. @kiozen how can I help, I have some experience with programming, and I have compiled and packaged an inno installer for windows but that was like 10+ years ago. If you can give me some starting resources/pointers I might be able to help. Or let's say I make an .exe and it works, how should I send it to you for checks?

jcz7021 commented 1 year ago

@pshlos46 : you can find the documentation here under the "Compile instructions" section

https://github.com/Maproom/qmapshack/wiki/DocMain

Not an easy task !

ffes commented 1 year ago

For the various Linux AppImage download there is this repo: https://github.com/kkarsten62/QMapShack.AppImage

I haven't been able to give it a go yet, but I hope to build my own AppImage for Ubuntu 22.04 that way any time soon.

kiozen commented 1 year ago

@pshlos46 Afaik this is the most recent howto for Windows: https://github.com/Maproom/qmapshack/wiki/BuildWindowsGisinternals

But as we haven't done a release since more than a year it might be a bit outdated.

kiozen commented 1 year ago

If you want to provide an installer package I recommend doing it in your own repository forking QMapShack. Once you have succeeded and provide a binary release I can place a link to the release page of the main repository.

This is how we handle it for MacOS and LinuxApp images.

wthaem commented 1 year ago

@pshlos46 Afaik this is the most recent howto for Windows: https://github.com/Maproom/qmapshack/wiki/BuildWindowsGisinternals

@pshlos46: I'm the author of the above-mentioned Wiki page. The procedure described there gives me a running QMS binary (either from the latest official release or from the latest development version). Building an installation package with this binary isn't a hard task. I hesitate to do so due to the unresolved issue #624. It is not yet clear if this issue/crash results from a failure in the described compilation procedure or if it is related to something wrongly installed on my Windows machine or ...

If you could successfully compile a qmapshack.exe and test the BRouter behavior with it on your Windows machine this would be very helpful and could eventually lead to a new Windows installer.

kkarsten62 commented 1 year ago

Fresh QMapShack.AppImages for QMS V_1.17.0 downloads for several Linix distros are in the wiki section: https://github.com/kkarsten62/QMapShack.AppImage https://github.com/kkarsten62/QMapShack.AppImage/wiki

Official QMapShack.AppImages for QMS V_1.17.0 can be found here: https://github.com/Maproom/qmapshack/releases/tag/V_1.17.0

pshlos46 commented 1 year ago

ok, so the first step would be to compile a windows .exe and try to reproduce #624 and report my findings. Thanks @wthaem As a heads up, I'll have no access to computers/internet from this weekend and for a couple of weeks, so I will probably report back in October.