New Feed Wizard: Show a hint for feed filename in URL

[akavel]

As a new user, when trying to create a feed, as the last question, I was asked about an URL where the feed will be published. I wasn't sure (and still am not) what filename to use there: are the feeds per-tool, or per a set of tools? Assuming the tool is named SomeTool, should I name the feed SomeTool.xml? or should that be feed.xml? Meaning, when I'll want to add more apps to the same repo, am I expected to add them to the same feed file, or a new one? It would be cool if the tool showed a hint for the filename, e.g.: "Suggested file name for the feed: SomeTool.xml" if each app should have a separate feed.

[bastianeicher]

Hi @akavel,

usually one feed corresponds to one app/tool. Apps that are typically only distributed in a bundle (e.g. LibreOffice) are the exception to this. Here the individual apps are represented as commands inside the feed. You can find some more information on creating feeds here.

Managing a repository of multiple apps for 0install means managing multiple feed files, with each feed listing different versions of a specific app. You can take a look at https://github.com/0install/0install.de-feeds and https://github.com/0install/repo.roscidus.com for examples how such repositories can be structured. These use the tool 0repo for managing the repositories, but operating it is a bit complicated, so it's probably best to start off with individual feeds files first.

I will think about how to add additional guidance to the "New Feed Wizard", to convey this sort of information without forcing users to dig through the documentation.

Regards
Bastian