snapd events API

Ted Gould ted at ubuntu.com
Wed Aug 17 14:22:21 UTC 2016


For me, the most critical events are package installed, upgraded¹ and
removed. The primary use-case is to handle entries on the Unity panel
(i.e. remove them if the package gets removed). That seems like an easy
place to get started.
Ted
¹ Not sure if upgrade is a remove/install pair, listed for
completeness, not because we have a need for it to be distinct.
On Wed, 2016-08-17 at 10:56 -0300, Gustavo Niemeyer wrote:
> Yeah, this is non-working remainings of something that wasn't
> discussed much.
> 
> Before patching it, we need to come up with a more clear idea of how
> the API looks like, how it's supposed to evolve, and what's the plan
> for integration into the various aspects of the system.
> 
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 7:25 AM, John Lenton 
> om> wrote:
> > On 17 August 2016 at 03:24, Robert Ancell 
> > com> wrote:
> > > I've been trying to access snapd events using the REST API [1]
> > and I'm not
> > > able to get it working.
> > 
> > I'm afraid the events work has fallen by the  wayside. It was not
> > completed afaik, and obviously has no (or not enough) tests
> > otherwise
> > this would've popped up. We're not using it for anything, and the
> > only
> > consumer we had was also the implementer (namely snapweb) but moved
> > away from using (at least in the short term) it mid-implementation.
> > 
> > I'm all for fixing it, but we're rather tight for time I'm afraid.
> > Patches welcome :-D
> > 
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