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Captures the brainstormed design for sethLabels' packaging pipeline: - Strict-zero source patches; all sethLabels content in NEW top-level dirs - Linux artifacts: .deb (CPack-driven) + AppImage (linuxdeploy + Qt plugin), both built from upstream's existing install() rules - macOS: Homebrew tap, build-from-source — no macOS CI, no signing, no Apple Developer ID - Build infra: manual local builds during battle-test phase; shell scripts under scripts/ are the canonical recipe (CI YAML at the eventual public-flip on GitHub will call them verbatim) - Versioning: <upstream-tag>-seth<N> for clear lineage + rebuild counter - Package name: glabels-qt (matches binary, brew formula, command) Spec at sethlabels-docs/specs/2026-04-29-packaging-design.md. Decision log at DECISIONS.md. No code introduced — design only. Plan-writing follows.
Important
This repo is for glabels-qt, NOT the legacy glabels-3 version (which I have not maintained since 2018).
What is gLabels-qt?
gLabels-qt is the development version of the next major version of gLabels (a.k.a. glabels-4).
What's new in gLabels 4?
- A complete rewrite, based on the Qt6 framework.
- A new UI layout based on common activities.
- Cross-platform support
- User-defined variables
- Support for continuous-roll labels
- Many new product templates
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Latest Release
There are currently no official releases of gLabels 4.
Continuous Integration Snapshots
Currently there are no self-hosted binary snapshot releases available. I plan to make these available again once 4.0 is more imminent. In the mean time, I encourage you to try building the code yourself.
Some third-party packages may be available:
| Platform | Files | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Archlinux | Archlinux User Repository Page | Maintained by Maud Spierings |
| Ubuntu | PPA Page | Maintained by Kristopher Ives |
| Fedora | Copr Repository Page | Maintained by Mario Blättermann |
Build Instructions
Help Needed
Please see docs/CONTRIBUTING.md.
License
gLabels-qt is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
gLabels-qt is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
See LICENSE in this directory.
The following sub-components are also made available under less restrictive licensing:
Glbarcode
gLabels-qt currently includes a version of the glbarcode++ library, located in the "glbarcode/" subdirectory. It is licensed under the GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE (LGPL); either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. See glbarcode/LICENSE.
Template Database
The XML files in the "templates/" subdirectory constitute the glabels label database. No copyright is claimed on the facts contained within the database and can be used for any purpose. The files themselves are licensed using the MIT/X license. See templates/LICENSE.