Package Management future

As of 2024-10, we use "Gitlab PPA": https://gitlab.com/Orange-OpenSource/gitlab-buildpkg-tools

As we look to the future, what should we do?

Options

1.1. Continue with Gitlab PPA

Accept limitations of https://gitlab.com/Orange-OpenSource/gitlab-buildpkg-tools and try to improve over time

• Limited support of various OSs (ex.: FreeBSD)
• Nice /easy / free hosting by GitLab.com
• Software is maintained (Very little work for us). We reported issues and they were resolved. Ex.: https://gitlab.com/Orange-OpenSource/gitlab-buildpkg-tools/-/issues/27 and https://gitlab.com/Orange-OpenSource/gitlab-buildpkg-tools/-/issues/29
• Ties us to GitLab but we can install our own instance
• We should add issues upstream with our suggestions and concerns

1.2. Custom script

• More flexibility but more work

1.3. Docker

1.4. Snap, Red Hat Flatpaks

1.5. From source

Like Tiki Manager install Tiki from Git