feat: add multi-channel distribution via GoReleaser by eleboucher · Pull Request #1247 · SableClient/Sable

eleboucher · 2026-07-23T12:27:34Z

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GoReleaser now owns Linux packaging.

.goreleaser.yaml builds the CEF binary with the Rust builder and produces deb, rpm and archlinux packages, plus snap and the AUR sable-bin package on tagged releases. Nightlies run release --snapshot, which packages without publishing, and the workflow uploads those assets. GoReleaser's own nightly pipe is Pro-only.
nfpm.yaml is deleted. The nfpms: section replaces it, so the per-format dependency list lives in one place.
scripts/cef/package.sh is trimmed to AppImage only. There is no GoReleaser pipe for AppImage, and it is the only Linux format the Tauri updater can update in place. It shares staging with GoReleaser through the new scripts/cef/stage.sh.
packaging/ holds the AUR sable-nightly-bin PKGBUILD and .install, plus the deb/rpm postinstall that refreshes the icon and desktop caches.
scripts/obtainium-generate.js emits obtainium.json for one-tap Android sideload.
Linux moves out of the build matrix into its own linux job, so the CEF binary is built once.

Secrets: AUR_KEY, SNAPCRAFT_STORE_CREDENTIALS.

Channels from the first version of this PR that are no longer included:

Homebrew Cask, winget and Scoop need macOS or Windows artifacts. Tauri builds those, and GoReleaser OSS cannot import pre-built binaries because builder: prebuilt is Pro-only. They fit better as separate steps, for example winget-releaser and a cask file pushed to the tap.
Flatpak only produced a .flatpak bundle and never submitted to Flathub. That needs a manifest in a separate flathub repo.

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hazre

also merge conflicts :/

hazre · 2026-07-23T20:08:51Z

Another thing is. I don't like that tauri ci stuff is massive monolith file. can we split it up into multiple workflows/actions? and also its hella messey, we should move any scripting stuff into dedicated js scripts under .github/workflows/scripts to abstract away the complexity.

hazre · 2026-07-23T20:15:55Z

also ideally sable and nightly setup are identical and we just have a thing that at start of the workflow detects if its a nightly or sable release. to avoid DRY

eleboucher · 2026-07-23T20:18:21Z

Line-level comments are addressed. The monolith split and script extraction are out of scope here, worth a follow-up.

hazre · 2026-07-24T10:47:12Z

+      - name: Download APK from release
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          curl -fsSL "https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/releases/download/${TAG}/Sable-${VERSION}-android-universal.apk" \


Also use artifact pattern here.

hazre · 2026-07-24T10:48:09Z

+          chmod 600 ~/.ssh/aur_key
+          ssh-keyscan -t ed25519 aur.archlinux.org >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+
+          git clone "ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/sable-nightly-bin.git" aur-repo


Does this repo exist? How does it work?

i guess we will need to create it ourselves

hazre · 2026-07-25T12:39:57Z

conflicts go brrr

hazre

lgtm, although I doubt it will work first try.

hazre · 2026-07-27T09:18:13Z

+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |
+          DMG="Sable-${VERSION}-macos-universal.dmg"
+          gh release download "$TAG" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --pattern "$DMG" --dir dmg


I don't like this. we have access to this information within this workflow.

https://docs.github.com/en/actions/how-tos/write-workflows/choose-what-workflows-do/pass-job-outputs

hazre · 2026-07-27T09:19:15Z

+      - type: archive
+        # The GoReleaser archive has no wrapper directory.
+        strip-components: 0
+        url: https://github.com/SableClient/Sable/releases/download/v1.20.0/Sable-1.20.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz


this is hardcoded?

needed for flathub sorry

hazre

lgtm

eleboucher requested review from 7w1 and hazre as code owners July 23, 2026 12:27

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eleboucher changed the title ~~feat: add multi-channel distribution via GoReleaser + nfpm~~ feat: add multi-channel distribution via GoReleaser Jul 24, 2026

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Tauri - Packaging and Distribution (GoReleaser) #379

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feat: add multi-channel distribution via GoReleaser + nfpm

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eleboucher added 3 commits July 27, 2026 11:49

fix: address review feedback on distribution PR

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fix: make Linux distribution work via GoReleaser, drop nfpm config

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feat: add Flathub manifest and Homebrew cask distribution

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fix: pass DMG checksum via job output; publish linux tarball for Flathub

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fix: use mise-managed goreleaser instead of goreleaser-action

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