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I'm open to removing it, but we should then document the environment variable somewhere (and make it a mandatory feature of the spec perhaps). I don't mind having the parameter either, though, since after all it's not a lot of extra code. |
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I don't like the idea of removing the option, that will break a lot of workflows that use it. |
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Closes #64
Only merge after discussion.
If I remember correctly, this flag is not documented by design since we don't want users to use it if they just have a broken FUSE setup. Using this command line option results in a degraded user experience with longer application start times, wasteful temporary space usage, etc.
Normal users should just fix their FUSE setup instead.
If I also remember correctly, this was mainly introduced for Docker setups, because Docker has issues with FUSE (at least without special workarounds). But Docker users prefer the use of environment variables.
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In any case, it should be noted that this is only a feature of this runtime, and other AppImage runtimes may or may not have similar options. So users MUST NOT assume that every AppImage supports this command line option.