Linux Mint drops Ubuntu Snap packages

Posted Jul 8, 2020 20:58 UTC (Wed) by dowdle (subscriber, #659)
In reply to: Linux Mint drops Ubuntu Snap packages by simosx
Parent article: Linux Mint drops Ubuntu Snap packages

Looking at the link for the snapstore software, it currently reads:

'snapstore was a minimalist example of a "store" for snaps, but is not compatible with the current snapd implementation. As a result I have removed the contents here to avoid further confusion.'

Linux Mint drops Ubuntu Snap packages

Posted Jul 9, 2020 5:39 UTC (Thu) by simosx (guest, #24338) [Link] (4 responses)

You just revert the last commits that removed the code, and you get the latest version that was available at the time.
Note that this is a starting point for someone that would like to start implementing a third-party Ubuntu Store.

If you are not using command-line tools, you can look at the top-right corner at https://github.com/noise/snapstore
where it says that there are 22 forks. Click on the **22**, and it will take you directly to repository forks that show the source code.

Linux Mint drops Ubuntu Snap packages

Posted Jul 10, 2020 17:30 UTC (Fri) by atnot (subscriber, #124910) [Link] (3 responses)

At this point, why not just use Flatpak which is both not hostile to users of the technology and technically superior in several aspects.

Linux Mint drops Ubuntu Snap packages

Posted Jul 10, 2020 21:54 UTC (Fri) by simosx (guest, #24338) [Link] (2 responses)

> At this point, why not just use Flatpak which is both not hostile to users of the technology and technically superior in several aspects.

There is too much such evangelism. The reality is that there are all sort of issues. The sandbox permissions are set by those that package the application. Kinda defeats the purpose of a sandbox.

Linux Mint drops Ubuntu Snap packages

Posted Jul 12, 2020 18:31 UTC (Sun) by atnot (subscriber, #124910) [Link] (1 responses)

This is no different from the sandboxes on any other platform. The app declares the permissions it needs and users can modify them as needed. The only way in which I see your argument is that the flatpak cli does not ask you to confirm the permissions before installing. Which it definitely should, but has little to do with flatpak as a technology.

Linux Mint drops Ubuntu Snap packages

Posted Jul 13, 2020 17:37 UTC (Mon) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link]

It'd be great if dummy backends could be used. This makes the apps not have to deal with missing permission checks (and potentially refusing to work if not provided them) and keeps your data safer.