Snap documentation in 17.04?
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Chris Perry |
Bug Description
Do we say anything about snaps in the 17.04 desktop help and if so what do we say? If snaps are experimental and subject to change then perhaps we should say nothing? Below I give some points about snaps worth thinking about (as regards how we document them):
The logon to Ubuntu One in Ubuntu Software when one tries to install a snap will surely create confusion. I saw one example on the #ubuntu channel where people were confused by it (with good reason in my opinion). At present you don't have to logon to Ubuntu One if you install a snap from the command line. Why are Ubuntu Software and the command line treated differently in this respect?
I don't know much about snaps but in the manual for the snap command there are options to buy a snap and log on to the snap store. I would imagine that at present there are no snaps that one has to pay for - but there will be soon?
Snaps are visible in the Disks application as "devices". This is very confusing in my opinion.
Related branches
- Gunnar Hjalmarsson: Approve
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Diff: 155 lines (+52/-26)3 files modifiedubuntu-help/C/addremove-install.page (+20/-17)
ubuntu-help/C/addremove-remove.page (+30/-7)
ubuntu-help/C/disk-partitions.page (+2/-2)
Changed in ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
I know very little about snaps, but basically it's just a package format, and not a proper topic for the desktop user guide. (We don't talk about the Debian package format in the guide either.)
With that said, yes, there is an inconsistency as regards Ubuntu Software vs. terminal, but OTOH we do (almost) not mention the terminal way anyway.
As regards shown in Disks, according to bug #1637984 it will be changed.