Variables in snapcraft.yaml?

[Sergio Schvezov]

Hello there, thanks for your interest in improving snapcraft.

El sábado, 15 de octubre de 2016 19h'46:35 ART, Dan Kegel <dank at kegel.com> 
escribió:
> I should think a simple general variable expansion in all string
> values would suffice for my use case.
>
> More complex use cases would be better served by generating the .yaml
> file as I do now.

True, and the question becomes, when is complex too complex? (rhetorical 
question, no need to answer).

> So, yes, ${release-version}, but set it via  --variable
> release-version=foo rather than --release-version=foo,
> and support ${joe-bob} and ${billyjoe}, or whatever variables the
> author cares to define.

How did you accomplish the same before snapcraft and snaps came to be? This 
might help as guidance.

I am afraid this will make snapcraft.yaml's available sort of unreadable. 
We will explore the option next week but this makes me weary as we have to 
get it right.


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