Verify Uno Calculator on Flathub

[Lenni-builder]

Problem Statement

Currently, Uno calculator is only available through a Snap package for Linux, which many people don't want to use.

Evidence or User Insights

I think many people prefer Flatpaks over Snaps, but I don't have any real evidence.

Proposal

Uno Calculator should also be published to Flathub, not only the Snap Store.

Goals

People who only have Flatpak installed on their system should be able to also use Uno Calculator, not only Ubuntu/Snap users.

[eylenburg]

It will appear on Flathub tomorrow or so

[Lenni-builder]

Thank you for publishing it there! It would just be nice if someone from Uno's side verified it. Unverified Flatpaks might look a bit sketchy to some people and some distros like Linux Mint are even starting to hide unverified Flatpaks entirely.

[cachius]

The URL for Flathub is https://flathub.org/apps/uno.platform.uno-calculator It says it's based on the Snap version, which is at https://snapcraft.io/uno-calculator. Indeed it would be cool to have the Unverified badge gone:

How do I get it verified? #​

You will need collaborator access to the application repository at flathub/uno.platform.uno-calculator Invites are sent when the submission is accepted, if you don't have access, please open an issue asking for it.

Once you have access log in to Flathub. Go to the developer tab. Click the "Developer Settings" button under the app you want to verify. At the top of the page, find the "Setup Verification" section. The instructions there will walk you through the verification process.

Website​

To verify an app is associated with a specific website, Flathub uses the app ID in reverse domain name notation to look for a well-known URI containing the unique token provided by the Flathub website during the verification process. For the Uno calculator with the app ID uno.platform.uno-calculator it is https://platform.uno/.well-known/org.flathub.VerifiedApps.txt

The verification token is unique and unchanging for each app; if multiple apps are verified under the same domain, include each token on its own line. Lines beginning with # are ignored and can be used as comments. For example:

# com.example.App
00000000-aaaa-0000-aaaa-000000000000

[Lenni-builder]

For that somebody from Uno would have to officially support it, which is not the case at the moment.

[cachius]

A bit of a pity, it would underline the multi-platform support of uno, as Flathub has gained quite some traction in the Linux world. I guess #639 is related .

[Lenni-builder]

#639 was opened because of the Flatpak (basically because of this issue).

[jeromelaban]

Thanks for the comments here. We'll be verifying the app there when we'll upload one from this repo. We're planning out-of-the-box support flatpak in Uno Platform, now that we've removed the need for Gtk.