<div dir="ltr">Hi Anita,<div><br></div><div>A version in the windows store would be great.</div><div><br></div><div>I have had a look at this in the past (2 years ago):</div><div><br></div><div>- There is a requirement for every library in the package to be "UWP compatible".</div><div> At that time, libpq (postgresql) didn't have that, so I stopped. It's hard to say how many other packages will also need special attention. [1]</div><div><br></div><div>- Python package management *might* also provide some challenges.</div><div> I think the system is locked down to only run "signed code", I assume pure python code is fine, but anything that comes with compiled binaries will likely not work.<br> Also for the "pure python" modules, we will need to define how to deal with these (currently QGIS doesn't offer any internal "install dependencies from pypi" functionality and I don't think we can have a osgeo4w installer inside the package)</div><div><br></div><div>- Code signing needs to be taken care of</div><div><br></div><div>- A manifest needs to be written</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Matthias</div><div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/issues/14072#issuecomment-716365360">https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/issues/14072#issuecomment-716365360</a></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 22, 2022 at 9:19 PM Anita Graser via QGIS-Developer <<a href="mailto:qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<br>
With QGIS functionality and user base constantly growing, the required<br>
maintenance also keeps increasing.<br>
To keep our project budget sustainable, we (the PSC) are considering<br>
investigating the possibility of offering a Windows installers for sale<br>
through the Windows store in addition to the free installers from <a href="http://qgis.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">qgis.org</a>.<br>
<br>
This approach would follow the example of projects such as Krita<br>
(<a href="https://krita.org/en/download/krita-desktop/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://krita.org/en/download/krita-desktop/</a>).<br>
It would give our users an additional low-threshold way to support QGIS.<br>
And - if I understand the Krita offering correctly - users will also get<br>
automatic updates when new versions come out which is a nice service.<br>
<br>
Of course, we will keep offering the free installers and using the store<br>
would be completely optional.<br>
<br>
If you have any experience offering software through the store, your<br>
insights would be very much appreciated since we are still at the early<br>
stages of exploring this option.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Anita<br>
<br>
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