Snapcraft 2.25 has been released.

Mon Jan 23 14:21:24 UTC 2017

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?

Thanks & best regards,
XiaoGuo

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
> >> >
> >> > --
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> >> >
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