ANN: snapcraft 2.12 is now available

[Sergio Schvezov]

Hello snapcrafters!

We are pleased to announce the release of version 2.12.1 of snapcraft:
https://launchpad.net/snapcraft/+milestone/2.12.1

While this is a bugfix release it is worth of mention as there have been
some awaited fixes rolled in among other goodies:

- pkg-config issues have been sorted, there is now one common sysroot.
- snapcraft register error scenarios have nicer messages with some end
user help on the next steps that can be taken from such errors.
- There are progress bars mostly everywhere now, so no more staring and
waiting for things to happen.
- cleanbuild-ing with cloud parts should be sorted.
- A new store endpoint for tracking the status of pushed snaps is now
used which provides feedback straight on the cli to know if it is all
good or manual action needs to be taken (e.g.; in the case of needing
manual review).
- the python3 plugin now creates entry points if defined.
- the go plugin should now work with in tree snapcraft.yaml
- the qmake no does in source builds instead of out of tree ones.

This release has seen many contributions from outside of the snapcraft
core team, so we want to give a shout out to these folks, here's a team
thank you for:

- Simon Quigley
- Colin Watson
- Jonathan Cave

To consume the latest snapcraft release on Xenial Xerus (16.04), we
suggest you install the snapcraft package from the Ubuntu Archives:

    sudo apt update
    sudo apt install snapcraft

To get the source for this release check it out at
https://github.com/ubuntu-core/snapcraft/releases/tag/2.12.1

A great place to collaborate and discuss features, bugs and ideas on
snapcraft is snapcraft at lists.ubuntu.com mailing list or directly in the
#snappy channel on irc.freenode.net.

To file bugs, please go to https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapcraft/+filebug.

Happy snapcrafting,
- Sergio and the team

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