Snapcraft 2.25 has been released.

Mon Jan 23 13:50:34 UTC 2017

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
>> >
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