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gromada
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Automation

There's a lot of boilerplate files and folders in the PA's package, lots of complications to create a package. Maybe PortableApps.com should make a portable app themselves that takes the app folder (containing only the app files) and one config file (just one) and from that produces all the files and folders that its system needs. Rather than everyone downloading templates, copying files all around the directory tree and editing select parts of the config files.

Submitting the app is also too complicated. The author has to download templates, carefully change their inside, making sure no special characters or tags are modified, then the edited template has to be submitted to a special discussion group AND announced on another discussion group, using another template. Why so complicated?

Why not having a simple web form for submission that takes the basic info, checks and formats the fields, uploads it where necessary and sends a notification?

John T. Haller
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Complicated

Portablizing an app is far more complicated than that, though.

There will shortly be an updated template with a default set of files that all include explanations.

Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!

Sandrito
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Mi culpa

Its my fault - I asked "gromada" to make a real PortableApp out of his "SuperSimple Video Converter Portable 2014.2 DevTest 1" see = https://portableapps.com/node/43020, with his version 2015.

gromada had already problems before to create a proper PortableApp see = https://portableapps.com/node/42911

I am only an USER and can't understand, why it must be so complicate? There is also an "PortableApps.com Launcher " which "make apps portable without writing code" from Chris Morgan (2012-07-10) see = https://portableapps.com/apps/development/portableapps.com_launcher . Is this not usable anymore?

Please keep it simple, so more programs will be added to PortableApps.

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