❔ Distributing a CLI app (with .NET 8 Native AOT)
Hi guys, I built a CLI app that I'd like to distribute to the major platforms (windows, mac, linux). I'm trying to deal with building and distributing the app now that I have a version that I'm happy with, though I'm running into some issues..
I thought that with .NET 8's improved Native AOT, it'd be perfect to write my app targeting that. The app's use is that it makes it easy to create files and directories etc. so I honestly don't think a self-contained app is suitable for this use-case because how can I ask people to install 100MB+ for such a simple app (though maybe I can)?
I'm using
The app crashes when creating the Options object from
The exception I'm currently hitting reads as follows:
It honestly seems quite a lot like it's coming from the Trim and/or AOT warnings when building the project.
There's a few questions I'd like to ask:
1. Any advice on how I can deal with the exception?
2. Is it even worth it for me to dig into this issue? There may be plenty more even if I solve the one I'm currently encountering
3. Am I overreacting regarding size? I guess I could just release a self-contained app but like I mentioned above, I feel like the size is too big to justify the use-case
4. Any tips or examples on proper open-source CLI apps built on .net? I'm honestly quite lost especially regarding distributing them but I'm also starting to think building it on dotnet wasnt a great choice
I thought that with .NET 8's improved Native AOT, it'd be perfect to write my app targeting that. The app's use is that it makes it easy to create files and directories etc. so I honestly don't think a self-contained app is suitable for this use-case because how can I ask people to install 100MB+ for such a simple app (though maybe I can)?
I'm using
CommandLineParserDotNetYamlThe app crashes when creating the Options object from
CommandLineParser.Parser.ParseArgumentsdotnet publishThe exception I'm currently hitting reads as follows:
It honestly seems quite a lot like it's coming from the Trim and/or AOT warnings when building the project.
There's a few questions I'd like to ask:
1. Any advice on how I can deal with the exception?
2. Is it even worth it for me to dig into this issue? There may be plenty more even if I solve the one I'm currently encountering
3. Am I overreacting regarding size? I guess I could just release a self-contained app but like I mentioned above, I feel like the size is too big to justify the use-case
4. Any tips or examples on proper open-source CLI apps built on .net? I'm honestly quite lost especially regarding distributing them but I'm also starting to think building it on dotnet wasnt a great choice
