At the very least, I desire a means to automatically update my CDDA installation on Linux. Ideally I'd like to mimic the functionality of the Windows launcher.
We can pull release data from the GitHub API (https://api.github.com/repos/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/releases). The relevant fields in the resulting JSON are:
.[n]: (n+1)th most recent release
.name.published_at.tag_name.target_commitish.prerelease.body (markdown text).assets[i]
.name (includes platform and graphics).browser_download_url.content_typeThe general flow could be:
Configuration and installation data can be stored under ~/.config/cllr.