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Re:Show HN: Insomnia REST Client now open-source by hyades on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @02:47PM (#14310589)
The process to update Insomnia in Linux is quite painful. the only option is downloading a new .deb every time.
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Re:Show HN: Insomnia REST Client now open-source by mod on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @03:43PM (#14310999)
In arch it's definitely not bad.
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Re:Show HN: Insomnia REST Client now open-source by gschier on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @03:44PM (#14311010)
Ya, Arch is easier because all you need is a Git repo with a file that links to the package. For apt, you have to have a full web server with a specific structure AFAIK.
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Re:Show HN: Insomnia REST Client now open-source by Xylakant on Thursday May 11, 2017 @05:56AM (#14314914)
Tools such as aptly will happily generate that structure for you. Hosting can happen on an s3 bucket or any Webserver that can serve static files.
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Re:Show HN: Insomnia REST Client now open-source by gschier on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @02:58PM (#14310670)
I haven't had the time yet to learn how to host an apt repository. Maybe one day :)
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Re:Show HN: Insomnia REST Client now open-source by teddyh on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @03:05PM (#14310728)
It’s not that hard. I recommend reprepro.
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Re:Show HN: Insomnia REST Client now open-source by cyphar on Thursday May 11, 2017 @01:41AM (#14314060)
You can use the Open Build Service (build.opensuse.org) to build Debian/Ubuntu packages and I believe it also supports publishing an apt repo.
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Re:Show HN: Insomnia REST Client now open-source by thejosh on Thursday May 11, 2017 @01:50AM (#14314083)
Now it's opensource, we could create an apt repository for the opensource version.

I love insomnia, use it for Ubuntu, and love updates.. but hate updating :).

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Re:Show HN: Insomnia REST Client now open-source by gschier on Thursday May 11, 2017 @12:40PM (#14317390)
That would be awesome. Here's the issue for it if you want to talk more about it: https://github.com/getinsomnia/insomnia/issues/182
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Re:Show HN: Insomnia REST Client now open-source by maxaf on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @07:55PM (#14312816)
Look into setting up a PPA on launchpad.net, or use Bintray. Both are easier to operate than reprepro, especially if you don't care to become an expert in Debian package hosting.
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