Bug 477292

Summary:	Request - Create Flatpak of Spectacle, also put on FlatHub
Product:	[Applications] Spectacle	Reporter:	LabHamster <kde.1mmb5>
Component:	General	Assignee:	Noah Davis <noahadvs>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	jgqehj55, kde, opendreas
Priority:	NOR
Version:	23.08.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Flatpak
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description LabHamster 2023-11-20 17:12:24 UTC

SUMMARY
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Search flathub.org for Spectacle because you're on a non-Plasma, immutable distro like Fedora Silverblue

OBSERVED RESULT
No results returned for Spectacle

EXPECTED RESULT
Results return showing Spectacle, allowing for Spectacle to be installed

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
- **OS Name:**                                     Fedora Linux 39.20231119.0 (Silverblue)
- **GNOME Version:**                               45.1
- **Windowing System:**                            Wayland
- **Kernel Version:**                              Linux 6.5.11-300.fc39.x86_64


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Spectacle is an amazing tool, and it would be great if immutable non-Plasma distros that install apps via Flatpaks could easily install it

Comment 1 username981618 2024-01-17 09:16:23 UTC

I agree, this would be nice. Is there anything blocking the Flatpak version specifically? (I noticed there's a Snap version available, but I understand Snaps can be less restrictive in terms of what resources an app can access.)

Comment 2 Andreas 2024-04-12 21:25:27 UTC

I also support, I use all possible KDE applications in Flatpak, since I use an LTS distribution.
The only thing missing is Spectacle and Kate.
For example, in Spectacle from the repositories I have a bug that is not in new versions of Spectacle and I have no way out because it is not in Flatpak
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=469022

Comment 3 Noah Davis 2024-05-21 05:41:28 UTC

There is some work toward re-adding flatpak nightly builds for spectacle: https://invent.kde.org/graphics/spectacle/-/merge_requests/314
Unfortunately, the flatpak version can't actually take screenshots. If someone with flatpak expertise could help make the flatpak built from the linked MR usable, that would be helpful.