implement multi–branch

[slonkazoid]

let people have multiple installations of moonlight & pick which one gets used for which discord installation

roadmap

• moonlight-installer
  • libmoonlight
  • cli
  • gui
    • repatching ui
    • everything else
• moonlight
  • multi-branch support: detect distDir instead of reconstructing moonlight#274

[NotNite]

I like the idea of having multi-branch support, but I'm worried about the migration process, especially since it'd require everyone to repatch.

[slonkazoid]

but I'm worried about the migration process, especially since it'd require everyone to repatch.

migration is already handled. the installer can still patch and unpatch previous versions, and it can read the previous on–disk format for metadata

[NotNite]

migration is already handled. the installer can still patch and unpatch previous versions, and it can read the previous on–disk format for metadata

But the path where moonlight releases get installed to would change, yes? This wouldn't interact well with Moonbase, especially if the client needs to repatch itself while it's running.

[slonkazoid]

migration is already handled. the installer can still patch and unpatch previous versions, and it can read the previous on–disk format for metadata

But the path where moonlight releases get installed to would change, yes? This wouldn't interact well with Moonbase, especially if the client needs to repatch itself while it's running.

yeah, hence why the "moonlight" checkbox in the roadmap is not checked. i'm working on it

[slonkazoid]

migration is already handled. the installer can still patch and unpatch previous versions, and it can read the previous on–disk format for metadata

But the path where moonlight releases get installed to would change, yes? This wouldn't interact well with Moonbase, especially if the client needs to repatch itself while it's running.

yeah, hence why the "moonlight" checkbox in the roadmap is not checked. i'm working on it

update:

• multi-branch support: detect distDir instead of reconstructing moonlight#274

[slonkazoid]

that should be the end of this patchset. only blocker is my open moonlight pr which needs more testing

[slonkazoid]

fixes some environment specific bugs and makes it much more sane as well

[slonkazoid]

here's a flatpak if you wanna test locally: https://files.slonk.ing/xeTauGy4.ml.flatpak

to build yourself, clone https://github.com/flathub/io.github.moonlight_mod.moonlight-installer and follow instructions there

[slonkazoid]

i've been using this branch on my main machine since it was drafted and i haven't come across any bugs. if there are no other issues left to address, can this be merged?

one improvement i want to make is tooltips for disabled elements and why they're disabled, as i've confused even myself with that once 😅 nvm im stupid this is already a thing