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@Stefterv Stefterv commented Aug 14, 2025 •
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Out of caution we kept the Ant GitHub Actions in the repository, this PR will remove them and introduce a revised version of the Gradle based GitHub Actions, providing the following.

  • Setup specific to Processing is now stored in a shared action, this will cut down on repeated configuration, if anyone knows a good way to clean up the matrices I would like to know.
  • This PR pulls the configuration files out of Gradle and places them into app/linux similar to macOS and Windows.
  • This PR separates the different platforms in the release action, originally they were done with a matrix but it started to have too many exceptions and platform specific flow that I decided to have a unique job for every platform still with a matrix on the architectures.
  • This PR adds support for flatpak (not yet flathub) and add the .deb file to the release which is used by flatpak and snap.

Closes #890
Closes #1211
and includes #1202

TODO

  • Include the new SVG-based icons for every platform (Should be a new issue)
    - Separate out Windows signing
    - Separate out macOS notarisation

Follow up tasks

  • Separate out the macOS notarisation step for a future macOS App Store Release
  • Flathub Submission

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@Stefterv Stefterv changed the title Revisiting the GitHub Actions Release system Revisiting the GitHub Actions Release system (.flatpak + .deb) Aug 15, 2025
@Stefterv Stefterv mentioned this pull request Aug 16, 2025
Please include a non-snap installation method for linux users on distros that disable snap #1211
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@Stefterv Stefterv mentioned this pull request Sep 9, 2025
test model dump and fix, add tests to pr workflow processing/processing-contributions#101
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GoToLoop commented Sep 22, 2025

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Maybe also add the AppImage universal format?
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Stefterv requested a review from catilac September 22, 2025 07:42
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@Stefterv Stefterv added this to the 4.4.8 milestone Sep 22, 2025
@Stefterv Stefterv added this to Processing Roadmap Sep 22, 2025
@Stefterv Stefterv moved this to Testing in Processing Roadmap Sep 22, 2025
@Stefterv Stefterv moved this from Testing to In progress in Processing Roadmap Sep 22, 2025
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Comment thread app/build.gradle.kts
workingDir = dir.file("../flatpak").asFile
commandLine(
"flatpak-builder",
"--install-deps-from=https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo",

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This is not how --install-deps-from works.

You'll need to

    commandLine(
        "flatpak",
        "remote-add",
        "--user",
        "--if-not-exists",
        "flathub",
        "https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo"
    )

first and then --install-deps-from=flathub.

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Comment thread app/linux/flathub.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
id: $identifier
runtime: org.freedesktop.Platform
runtime-version: '24.08'

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25.08 is out at this point.

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@Stefterv Stefterv mentioned this pull request Oct 15, 2025
Release Automation Improvements #1281
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@Stefterv Stefterv mentioned this pull request Oct 23, 2025
Processing App on Flathub #1301
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This was referenced Nov 24, 2025
libprocessing submodule #1340
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Documentation Revamp / Organisation #1350
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Bumping this because I also want an up-to-date Flatpak package (I try to avoid using Snap)
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approved! merge when ready @Stefterv

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Stefterv and others added 9 commits February 2, 2026 14:14
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Flatpak configuration file
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Fixing file associations
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Flatpak configuration file
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file association fix
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delete legacy build system
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Adding File associastions on macOS and Windows through the same syste…
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Stefterv force-pushed the release-revisit branch from 624fdf3 to 7c520c0 Compare February 2, 2026 13:14
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Stefterv merged commit 6948a34 into processing:main Feb 2, 2026
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