[Bug 1650389] Re: Installing snapd on 14.04.5 desktop downgrades xorg et al.

[Mark Shuttleworth]

On 15/12/16 17:25, Steve Langasek wrote:
> This was a known limitation when the SRU went through, and it was
> allowed because the understood target for snapd on 14.04 was
> server/cloud environments, not desktops.  Has that changed?

It's unexpected for me, and will be substantially difficult to message
("install this but not on a desktop"). So I think we need to press on
this to understand it better. We do want snaps on 14.04, its a key part
of the value we're offering, but we can't make that a choice that
negatively impacts a desktop.

Mark

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Title:
  Installing snapd on 14.04.5 desktop downgrades xorg et al.

Status in Snappy:
  Confirmed
Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  When trying to install the latest snapd on a 14.04.5 desktop image,
  the installation of systemd (as a dependency of snapd) triggers a
  whole bunch of downgrades as systemd-shim is removed and replaced with
  systemd.

  We have to adjust the packaging such that installation of systemd does
  not trigger such behavior for packages depending on systemd-shim in
  trusty.

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