Canonical has released today the Snapcraft 2.9 update to the tool used for creating Snappy packages (also known as Snaps) for the Snappy Ubuntu Core, Ubuntu Desktop, and Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS operating systems.
Snapcraft 2.9 is an important milestone because it’s the first release since the launch of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) on April 21, 2016. It brings brand new features like support for the “confinement” YAML property, allowing users to choose if their Snap package should be installed with the devmode option in confined mode or functional.
Snappy packagers should be aware that Snapcraft’s new “confinement” YAML property is designed to work with Snaps still under development. “Snaps need to be able to specify if they require devmode or if they can be run confined. This will allow for snapd to provide reasonable errors if one tries to install a snap that cannot run successfully un… (read more)
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