deb2snap transitional packages and channel tracking

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

On Fri, 8 May 2020 at 15:00, Julian Andres Klode
<julian.klode at canonical.com> wrote:
>
> I've been reviewing some of ack's changes for the maas deb2snap
> transitional package, and in the latest merge request
>
> -
> https://code.launchpad.net/~ack/ubuntu/+source/maas/+git/maas/+merge/383411
> -
>
> a topic came up that I don't think we've discussed before.
>
> Currently, the maas deb installs maas 2.7/stable/ubuntu-$release
> (or other versions of maas instead of 2.7).

Why would deb2snap transition ever exist for stable/ubuntu-20.10 or
later? Given that it should be just a snap in 20.10 and that's it. And
in 20.10 and later, installing 20.10 should not follow the
ubuntu-xx.yy branch either.

For example, when people select to install snaps in subiquity
snapstore screen, we don't follow ubuntu-xx.yy branches either.

Upgrades from focal should be dropping /ubuntu-xx.yy branch tracking
too. Cause maas is not a seeded snap installed by default.

juju doesn't have latest/stable/ubuntu-20.04 branch either, why should
maas have it?

(lxd & desktop snaps are different because they are seeded, maas is
closer to juju => unseeded servery/devopsy software).

-- 
Regards,

Dimitri.