Element-web: Add default Debian distribution for desktop

Created on 24 Apr 2020 · 5Comments · Source: vector-im/element-web

Instead of endlessly creating new Debian distros for Riot Desktop each time one appears from Debian and Ubuntu, let's create a single default distro and suggest everyone should use that going forward. This has the nice side effect of also helping smaller distros where we've never managed to add their distro names. We'll need to keep all the existing ones around for a while / indefinitely so existing users continue receiving updates.

[x] Add a default distro for Riot Desktop
[x] Update desktop download page to suggest it (happening in https://github.com/matrix-org/riot-im/pull/107)

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The default distro is now live, though for the moment it contains only riot-nightly. Riot 1.6 will also appear when released.

jryans on 29 Apr 2020

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Would this fix https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/11929 and https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/13194?

aaronraimist on 24 Apr 2020

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Yup!

t3chguy on 24 Apr 2020

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True - riot still does not have a release for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal fossa) and it makes sense to use a default distribution since packages are basically same - there is no difference in packages

securerootd on 25 Apr 2020

The default distro has been added. It should appear tomorrow with next nightly build. https://github.com/matrix-org/riot-im/pull/107 tracks updating the desktop page, including mentioning this new distro.

jryans on 28 Apr 2020

The default distro is now live, though for the moment it contains only riot-nightly. Riot 1.6 will also appear when released.

jryans on 29 Apr 2020

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