Mailspring: Linux download links not working on https://getmailspring.com

[kapad]

The links for Linux .dep and .rpm packages on the website don't work.

If mailspring will only be distributed using snap, then maybe, the page needs to be more clear. I thought clicking the .deb icon, will download the .deb package.

[V3XATI0N]

It says the Snap is coming soon, but I hope that doesn't mean to imply that .deb packages /aren't/ coming soon, I use a deb-based distro that doesn't support snaps.

[ldartez]

none of the links/images work. however, the download URLs are https://updates.getmailspring.com/download?platform=linuxDeb for debian and https://updates.getmailspring.com/download?platform=linuxRpm for redhat based systems. The RPM url works, though the icon does not work. The .deb (the one i need!) gives me an error:

This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.

P.S. the way I found the URLs was by changing the platform argument in the URL from 'darwin' to 'linux' and I received a 404 error page with the following:
{"statusCode":400,"error":"Bad Request","message":"child \"platform\" fails because [\"platform\" must be one of [darwin, linuxDeb, linuxRpm, win32]]","validation":{"source":"query","keys":["platform"]}}

The possible selections are there, listing linuxDeb and linuxRpm.

Not sure if this is considered a security flaw...

[ldartez]

Okay, the link to the deb package seems to actually be:
https://mailspring-builds.s3.amazonaws.com/client/20839f9b/linux/mailspring-1.0.0-amd64.deb

The "linuxDeb" link above points to _almost_ the correct URL; the 'M' in mailspring should not have been capitalized.

@V3XATI0N , hopefully this works for you!

[kapad]

@ldartez The workaround works. Thanks :+1:

[bengotow]

Hey folks! For the moment I've taken down the builds above—linux builds are coming soon but aren't quite ready yet. I'm still creating binaries and testing them (so there /are/ builds on S3) but there are some pretty significant known issues on different linux distros. Stay tuned! Should only be another day or two.

[ldartez]

I just want to note that the two URL's in my first comment above now work again and point to the respective 1.0.1 versions of the binaries.

[bengotow]

Hey folks—I've gone ahead and put the links on the download page (so you can download .deb and .rpm packages for Linux.) I was hoping to wait until we had a Snapcraft package, because it will enable autoupdates for Linux users. Currently, you need to come back to the downloads page and get it again when a new version is released. The Snap is taking more time than I expected to get working, so this will do for now! Gonna go ahead and close this.