[Bug 1788220] Re: [snap] Ubuntu 18.04 LTS includes gnome-calculator as a snap

[Ivan]

@paulw2u I disagree with this being a gnome-calculator problem. This is
a much more general problem that has to do also with the installation
size.

I believe that bugs like this, and like [1], indicate that snap is not
yet ready to be included by default, and especially not for basic
desktop applications like calc.

I would like the status of this bug to be reset to affect Ubuntu (or
perhaps ubuntu-desktop if that's the one that should depend on gnome-
calculator), and the inclusion of snap or potential removal from the
default installation (meaning as a direct or indirect dependency of
ubuntu-desktop) to be discussed.

[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/+bug/1575053

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Title:
  [snap] Ubuntu 18.04 LTS includes gnome-calculator as a snap

Status in gnome-calculator package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Ubuntu 18.04 includes the calculator as a snap.

  The standard installation of snap, with no custom snap apps installed
  other than what Ubuntu installs by default, takes a whooping 1.6GB of
  hard disk. Calc takes forever to start in a modern machine compared to
  the normal calc installed with APT, creates snap files in the user's
  home dir (with name $HOME/snap). This is ridiculous.

  Snap is immature, there's no sysadmin tool support, and it's not ready
  to make it the default for standard Ubuntu LTS.

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