Need to determine if snap apps require terminal or not

[Robert Ancell]

snapd returns a list of apps a snap contains, i.e:

"apps": [{"name": "moon-buggy"}]

However, we can't tell if this is a terminal app (like moon buggy) or a graphical app (like Ubuntu calculator).

[Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)]

A potential solution:

"apps": [{"name": "moon-buggy", "graphical": false}]

Not sure if this can be easily determined from the snapd metadata.

[Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)]

Reading the .desktop spec [1] the key they use is "Terminal". So perhaps this is worth matching:

"apps": [{"name": "moon-buggy", "terminal": true}]

[1] https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/

[Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)]

I was also considering if it made sense to report the graphical backend(s) that the app would use, i.e.

"apps": [{"name": "moon-buggy", "backend"s: ["mir", "x11"]}]

But I think that most apps actually don't care / know - they use a toolkit and have no idea what backend it uses.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-software - 3.20.1+git20161003.0.7ac7d1b-0ubuntu1

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gnome-software (3.20.1+git20161003.0.7ac7d1b-0ubuntu1) yakkety; urgency=medium

  * New upstream snapshot from the wip/ubuntu branch at
    git://git.gnome.org/gnome-software.
    - Show screenshots for snaps (requires snapd 2.15.2) (LP: #1603610)
    - Set snap summary from snapd response (LP: #1629456)
    - Don't show terminal for graphical apps (LP: #1595023)

 -- Robert Ancell <email address hidden> Mon, 03 Oct 2016 13:27:22 +1300

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Hello Robert, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gnome-software into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/3.20.1+git20161013.0.d77d6cf-0ubuntu2~xenial1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed.Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)]

Confirmed in Xenial 'xbill' snap runs an X window without a terminal and 'moon-buggy' opens a terminal.

[Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)]

Removing snapd tasks as the solution didn't require a change there.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-software - 3.20.1+git20161013.0.d77d6cf-0ubuntu2~xenial1

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gnome-software (3.20.1+git20161013.0.d77d6cf-0ubuntu2~xenial1) xenial; urgency=medium

  * New upstream snapshot from the wip/ubuntu branch at
    git://git.gnome.org/gnome-software.
    - Use snapd-glib to perform snapd login. This fixes non-root access being
      removed in snapd. (LP: #1616943)
    - Show screenshots for snaps (requires snapd 2.15.2) (LP: #1603610)
    - Set snap summary from snapd response (LP: #1629456)
    - Don't show terminal for graphical apps (LP: #1595023)
  * debian/control:
    - Build-depend on libsnapd-glib-dev
  * debian/rules:
    - Build with --enable-snap

 -- Robert Ancell <email address hidden> Wed, 23 Nov 2016 21:31:03 +1300

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for gnome-software has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.