[QGIS-Developer] Offering QGIS installers through Windows store

[Matthias Kuhn]

Hi Anita,

A version in the windows store would be great.

I have had a look at this in the past (2 years ago):

- There is a requirement for every library in the package to be "UWP
compatible".
  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]

- Python package management *might* also provide some challenges.
  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.
  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)

- Code signing needs to be taken care of

- A manifest needs to be written

Cheers
Matthias

[1] https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/issues/14072#issuecomment-716365360

On Tue, Nov 22, 2022 at 9:19 PM Anita Graser via QGIS-Developer <
qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> With QGIS functionality and user base constantly growing, the required
> maintenance also keeps increasing.
> To keep our project budget sustainable, we (the PSC) are considering
> investigating the possibility of offering a Windows installers for sale
> through the Windows store in addition to the free installers from qgis.org
> .
>
> This approach would follow the example of projects such as Krita
> (https://krita.org/en/download/krita-desktop/).
> It would give our users an additional low-threshold way to support QGIS.
> And - if I understand the Krita offering correctly - users will also get
> automatic updates when new versions come out which is a nice service.
>
> Of course, we will keep offering the free installers and using the store
> would be completely optional.
>
> If you have any experience offering software through the store, your
> insights would be very much appreciated since we are still at the early
> stages of exploring this option.
>
> Regards,
> Anita
>
>
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