Status-react: AppImage binary is ~242 MB

[churik]

AppImage file for Linux is ~242 MB, which is 2 times more than .dmg and .exe.
Expected size ~120 MB

[chadyj]

@MaxRis @vkjr Can you please take a look at this?

@3esmit commented about a nested app image:

Noticed something strange in AppImage… there is StatusIm.AppImage inside Status.AppImage, this inner AppImage also contains a ubuntu-server.

[maxhora]

Will look into this

[maxhora]

@jakubgs could you please help upload updated zip package to ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com. The idea is to replace old one from here to new one uploaded.
The difference is the only file Status.AppImage removed from the old archive. That file seems got there by mistake, but doubles the size of final produced package with no sense.

[jakubgs]

How can I download it? It just opens the zip on the site.
Ah, found the button.

[jakubgs]

Here: https://desktop-app-files.ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/StatusImAppImage_20181208.zip

BTW, can we automate the building and uploading of this image?

[maxhora]

@jakubgs thanks a lot! going to give it a try

there is on-going work to remove dependency on ubuntu_server and node_modules/realm's Node.JS native module. Ideally, these packages will disappear completely. Hopefully, soon :)

[jakubgs]

Glad to hear that!

[maxhora]

Thank you @3esmit , @churik , @chadyj for spotting this issue! @jakubgs thanks a lot for efforts to resolve it!