14 DAY TRIAL // Alex Larsson from the Flatpak project, the universal binary format that aims to simplify application distribution across multiple GNU/Linux operating systems, announced the release of Flatpak 0.6.11.
Flatpak 0.6.11 is a small maintenance version that comes approximately one week after the release of the previous one, Flatpak 0.6.10, bringing a new FLATPAK_CHECK_VERSION macro in the libflatpak library to automatically check the installed Flatpak version, a new option to the flatpak-builder command, namely "--show-deps," to allow listing of all the files on which the manifest depends.
The list of changes continues with support for using dashes in application IDs, but app developers are being informed by Alex Larsson that, to make them work with symbolic icon names, the IDs may not end with the "-symbolic" name attached. Also, it looks like PTYs are now correctly handled by the HostCommand component, which now outputs the correct PID instead of a bogus one.
Bug fixes, documentation updates
Flatpak 0.6.11 is also here to address a couple of regressions from previous maintenance versions, such as an issue with the "flatpak update --appstream" command, as well as support for installing bundles that don't contain the origin URL. Other than that, the documentation has been updated here and there to make it easier for newcomers to get started with building their apps as Flatpaks.
Flatpak 0.6.11 comes as a free update for all GNU/Linux users and application developers. It should already be available for Fedora Linux, but might soon land in the main software repositories of other distributions, such as Ubuntu or Arch Linux. It's a recommended update for anyone using Flatpak 0.6.10 or a previous release, so make sure that you install it as soon as possible.