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Document how to use cargo-packager to package, distribute, and update Slint applications with Rust #9688
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Feature Description
For desktop applications, it would be very useful to allow the application to automatically detect new versions and guide users through the update process!
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ogoffart commentedon Oct 10, 2025
IMHO this is out of scope of Slint.
If anything, it could be a page or guide in the documentation on how to do that.
But Slint should concentrate on being a library to do the UI.
Building/Packaging/Updating should be taken care of by other part of the ecosystem.
tronical commentedon Oct 10, 2025
I agree with Olivier. But what we can do is give guidance in our documentation how to use third-party tools for this purpose. I suggest that we use this ticket to track documenting / recommending the use of Slint with cargo-packager when using the Rust programming language.
This is something we might need ourselves and could document it along the way then.
[-]Desktop: Automatic detection for new versions.[/-][+]Document how to use cargo-packager to package, distribute, and update Slint applications with Rust[/+]ogoffart commentedon Oct 10, 2025
Should this task be made as a sub-task of #4408 ?
tronical commentedon Oct 10, 2025
Good idea :)
bowenxuuu commentedon Oct 10, 2025
Providing guidance in the documentation to implement this feature is also a very good idea. Before this, I guess many people, like me, were not aware of cargo-packager.
Additionally, is there a library that allows Rust programs to run as a single instance? This is also a common requirement for desktop applications. If such a library exists, it can also be documented together in the documentation.
ogoffart commentedon Oct 9, 2026
Packaging has been documented in the Platforms / Desktop section