Snapcraft 2.25 has been released.

Tue Jan 24 11:15:47 UTC 2017

On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 3:21 PM, XiaoGuo Liu <xiaoguo.liu at canonical.com> wrote:
> Hi Olivier,
>
> Sorry, I do not understand what exactly you mean "no app in the snap is
> named like
> the snap itself". Could you please elaborate it more?

Your snap is named "hello-xiaoguo", and your apps are named "env",
"evil", "sh", "hello-world", "createfile", "createfiletohome",
"writetocommon". There is no app named "hello-xiaoguo", so your
example is not affected by https://launchpad.net/bugs/1658123.

> On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 9:50 PM, Olivier Tilloy
> <olivier.tilloy at canonical.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi XiaoGuo,
>>
>> Your example happens to work because no app in the snap is named like
>> the snap itself. For such snaps, using the new desktop feature should
>> be safe.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>  Olivier
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 3:48 AM, XiaoGuo Liu <xiaoguo.liu at canonical.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi Olivier,
>> >
>> > Based on the snapcraft release 2.25, I have made an example at:
>> >
>> > https://github.com/liu-xiao-guo/helloworld-desktop
>> >
>> > So, far, I do not have any problems with it. Is there anything I am
>> > doing
>> > wrongly? I can see the launchers in the Ubuntu dash without any problems
>> > and
>> > the apps are launched well.
>> >
>> > By the way, I have created a blog for it at
>> > http://blog.csdn.net/ubuntutouch/article/details/54691673. It has the
>> > captured pictures.
>> >
>> > Thanks & best regards,
>> > XiaoGuo
>> >
>> > On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 12:09 AM, Olivier Tilloy
>> > <olivier.tilloy at canonical.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 3:47 AM, Sergio Schvezov <sergiusens at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Hello snapcrafters!
>> >> >
>> >> > We are pleased to announce the release of version `2.25` of snapcraft
>> >> > has been released:
>> >> > https://launchpad.net/snapcraft/+milestone/2.25
>> >> >
>> >> > This release is now available on xenial-updates, yakkety-updates and
>> >> > zesty.
>> >> > What follows are the full release notes (the prettier version can be
>> >> > read at https://github.com/snapcore/snapcraft/releases/tag/2.25)
>> >> >
>> >> > # New in this release
>> >> >
>> >> > ## Support for hooks
>> >> > Hooks support has arrived. There are currently two ways to use them,
>> >> > either with a by-convention path or by using a `part` and installing
>> >> > into an
>> >> > expected path in the part's install directory.
>> >> >
>> >> > Find out more about this feature at
>> >> > https://github.com/snapcore/snapcraft/blob/master/docs/hooks.md
>> >> >
>> >> > ## Desktop file support
>> >> > Aside from the by-convention functionality already in place, you can
>> >> > now
>> >> > declare a desktop file from your app within an `apps` entry using a
>> >> > path
>> >> > relative to the `prime` directory pointing to a desktop file,
>> >> > snapcraft will
>> >> > take care of the rest.
>> >>
>> >> I would not recommend starting to use that new feature because of
>> >> https://launchpad.net/bugs/1658123. This will hopefully be usable in
>> >> time for 2.26.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > So if your project already has a desktop file, say in
>> >> > `./prime/usr/share/applications/my-app.desktop` all you need to do is
>> >> > something like this:
>> >> >
>> >> > ```yaml
>> >> > apps:
>> >> >     my-app:
>> >> >         command: my-app
>> >> >         desktop: usr/share/applications/my-app.desktop
>> >> > ```
>> >> >
>> >> > That said, it is worth mentioning that the by-convention mechanism is
>> >> > still supported.
>> >> >
>> >> > ## rust plugin
>> >> > The `rust` plugin has seen an improvement and a couple of bug fixes.
>> >> >
>> >> > The added feature allow for one to set `rust-features` which is a
>> >> > list
>> >> > of strings used to build optional dependencies (run `snapcraft help
>> >> > rust`
>> >> > for a bit more details).
>> >> >
>> >> > The bug fixes relate to:
>> >> >
>> >> > - Allowing to build with `Cargo.toml` not in the base source
>> >> > directory.
>> >> > - Repecting the other `rust` plugin properties: `rust-channel` and
>> >> > `rust-revision`.
>> >> >
>> >> > ## nodejs plugin
>> >> > The plugin now correctly downloads dependencies in `package.json` to
>> >> > the
>> >> > correct location.
>> >> >
>> >> > ## godeps plugin
>> >> > This plugin is now no longer affected by `GOBIN` being set in the
>> >> > environment.
>> >> >
>> >> > ## deb sources
>> >> > `deb` sources are now being handled with `python-debian` which does
>> >> > incorrecly handle symlinks.
>> >> >
>> >> > ## More modes for daemon's in apps
>> >> > You can now set the `daemon` property in an `apps` entry to `notify`
>> >> > (and it will follow systemd's expected behavior for this service
>> >> > type).
>> >> >
>> >> > ## Deprecations
>> >> > Some new deprecations have been introduced, for `parts` the `prime`
>> >> > keyword is now favored over the `snap` one. When using the `snap`
>> >> > keyword a
>> >> > link to http://snapcraft.io/docs/deprecation-notices/dn1 will be
>> >> > presented
>> >> > with more information and the migration path.
>> >> >
>> >> > Plugins that are part of snapcraft that were displaying `DEPRECATED`
>> >> > notices have all been updated to use the newer plugin API.
>> >> >
>> >> > ## Classic confinement
>> >> > Some improvements were made to classic confinement with a more
>> >> > comprehensive error when the prerequisites to build a classic
>> >> > confined snap
>> >> > are not met.
>> >> >
>> >> > ## parts
>> >> > Improvements were made to the core parts management of snapcraft:
>> >> >
>> >> > - `stage` entries now don't need to be replicated in `prime`.
>> >> > - cleaning all parts works correctly even if `snapcraft.yaml` is
>> >> > broken.
>> >> >
>> >> > ## Others
>> >> > For the full list of things available on 2.25 feel free to check
>> >> > https://launchpad.net/snapcraft/+milestone/2.25
>> >> >
>> >> > # Contributions
>> >> > This release has seen some 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:
>> >> >
>> >> > - Chris Holcombe
>> >> > - Jonathon Love
>> >> > - Kit Randel
>> >> > - Marco Trevisan
>> >> > - Matthew Aguirre
>> >> > - Olivier Tilloy
>> >> >
>> >> > # Final Notes
>> >> > To get the source for this release check it out at
>> >> > https://github.com/snapcore/snapcraft/releases/tag/2.25
>> >> >
>> >> > A great place to collaborate and discuss features, bugs and ideas on
>> >> > snapcraft is snapcraft at lists.snapcraft.io mailing list or on the
>> >> > snapcraft
>> >> > channel on Rocket Chat https://rocket.ubuntu.com/channel/snapcraft
>> >> >
>> >> > To file bugs, please go to
>> >> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapcraft/+filebug.
>> >> >
>> >> > Happy snapcrafting!
>> >> > -- Sergio and the team
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Sent using Dekko from my Ubuntu device
>> >> >
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