.deb package section

[cGuille]

Hello,

I am trying to specify the section field of the Debian package control file.
Currently, my package's control file contains the following line:

Section: default

I would like to change this default value, but it looks like it is not currently supported.
I expected this to be documented in the Linux build options.

It seems to be supported by fpm that is used to build .deb files. We would need to use the category command argument; we would probably set its value around here.

• Could you confirm that it is not currently supported?
• Would you consider a PR about this?

Thank you!

[develar]

Workaround (not tested): Add to build.linux (development package.json) new field:

"fpm": ["--category", "yourCategory"]

Yes, fpm is not documented because it is only for experiments. You can pass any fpm arg using it (on you own risk :)).

Would you consider a PR about this?

app-category-type must be deprecated and renamed to category. category should be specified in the platform-specific options — mac or lunux. Not in the root (build) because values are different per platform (or we can try to map mac values to linux values, it seems it is possible).

[develar]

And consider to use AppImage target instead of deb.

[cGuille]

Thank you! This workaround will certainly help us while we set up a proper category option.

app-category-type must be deprecated and renamed to category.

👍

category should be specified in the platform-specific options — mac or linux. Not in the root (build) because values are different per platform (or we can try to map mac values to linux values, it seems it is possible).

I think considering category as a platform specific option is an easier way to begin with. Mapping mac values to linux (Debian?) values may require an overhead of work because of the maintenance of the category lists and mappings.
I think it's better if it is the app maintainer's work to define which categories to apply to the app on which platform.
Moreover, it seems more flexible to me (from the electron-builder user point of vue).

[develar]

I think considering category as a platform specific option is an easier way to begin with.

👍 but in any case category in the build should be checked and error thrown (error because it s a new property) — just to be sure that configuration is correct.

[develar]

#727 category will be used for Categories in the desktop entry. packageCategory will be added to set deb section.