Vikunja update strategy

[shrey]

Re: Vikunja - Package Updates

Hi. I'd like to request to:

1. either update Vikunja based on the latest "unstable" version, or
2. provide a separate Package that follows the "unstable" versions.

Because, the maintainers of this tool don't seem to favour stable releases. Instead, they focus primarily on "unstable" releases, even using those versions for their cloud offering.

Ref.: https://vikunja.io/docs/versions/

[james]

Hello @shrey
I am relaying this topic internally for discussion.

In the meanwhile, how comfortable are you changing the app yourself?

[shrey]

Hi @james

@james said in Vikunja update strategy:
In the meanwhile, how comfortable are you changing the app yourself?

What would that entail?

P.S. Never packaged a Cloudron app before

[james]

Hello @shrey
Since the app is already packaged the majority of work is already done.

What you need:

• docker and a dockerhub account
• the cloudron cli
• git

Step 1 - clone the original repo or better fork it

Source Repo: https://git.cloudron.io/packages/vikunja-app

In this repo edit the Dockerfile and change the version to your desired version, the line in question is:

ARG VIKUNJA_VERSION=0.24.6

Save and close the file.

Now you can edit the CloudronManifest.json and bump the versions:

this is the cloudron app version

"version": "1.17.3"

and this is the upstream version which should reflect the version in the Dockerfile

"upstreamVersion": "0.24.6"

Save and close.

Now you need to build the image:

# Don't miss the . at the end of this line
docker build -t YOUR_DOCKERHUB_USERNAME/io.vikunja.cloudronapp:1.17.3 .

Push the image:

docker push YOUR_DOCKERHUB_USERNAME/io.vikunja.cloudronapp:1.17.3

Now you could install your custom image to your cloudron.

cloudron login my.DOMAIN.TLD
cloudron install --location CustomVikunja --image YOUR_DOCKERHUB_USERNAME/io.vikunja.cloudronapp:1.17.3

if you wish to update your already installed vikunja, create a clone from your latest backup and update that one first to insure everything is working!

cloudron update --app CustomVikunja  --image YOUR_DOCKERHUB_USERNAME/io.vikunja.cloudronapp:1.17.3

[scooke]

What is behind this question? I rely on Vikunja daily but haven't seen or noticed any problems. Do I need to prepare for some thing??

[nebulon]

I think the question was related to adding a separate app package, which follows the unstable train of Vikunja.

We usually only package stable versions, but as @james pointed out, curious users could also just fork our package repo to do this.

[avatar1024]

@james Thanks for explaining how to package how own version, that's really good to know in general!

@shrey Just to say, I don't think the dev doesn't favour stable versions. Most versions are stable on the repo, it's just that there is major update coming (v1.0) and so they've released a few RC before release it stable, but that's pretty standard practice.