MAAS... as a snap! - Request for testing

[Jeffrey Lane]

Is the use of external directories for local apt and image mirrors
still the same with the snap version?  I store a copy of PPAs and
archive.ubuntu locally to use MAAS without an external network
connection (well, that's a requirement for use, actually).


On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 9:42 AM, Andres Rodriguez
<andres.rodriguez at canonical.com> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> The MAAS team is happy to announce the availability of the MAAS snap, making
> it easier and more efficient to deliver and configure MAAS, without changing
> your underlying OS.
>
> Availability
> The MAAS snap is currently available in 'devmode' as it cannot yet be fully
> confined. MAAS is currently available in the following channels:
>
> MAAS 2.2 - available in the stable channel.
> MAAS trunk - available in the edge channel.
>
> More information on confinement and channels can be found in [1] and [2]
> respectively.
>
> What about Debian packages?
> With the availability of the snaps, MAAS Debian packages will (eventually)
> be deprecated. This means that by Ubuntu 18.04, Debian packages will no
> longer be the delivery mechanism for MAAS.
>
> Read more about the Snap
> In case you have missed it, Blake's blog explains more about the snap
> experience in [3].
>
> Note: MAAS docs (maas.io/docs), will be available soon!
>
> Providing feedback & reporting bugs
> Since this is the first snap release, we would like your feedback! Please
> file bugs in [4] and prepend the bug report with "[snap]".
>
>
> [1]: https://snapcraft.io/docs/reference/confinement
> [2]: https://snapcraft.io/docs/reference/channels
> [3]: http://blake-rouse.blogspot.com/2017/06/maas-snap-experience.html
> [4]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/maas/+filebug
>
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> Andres Rodriguez
> Engineering Manager, MAAS
> Canonical USA, Inc.
>
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