Use GNOME Software as default snap: URL handler
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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desktop-file-utils (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Xenial |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Yakkety |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Zesty |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
[Impact]
In the same way as apturl is set as the default apt: URL handler, we should do the same for GNOME Software with the snap: URL.
The prime impact for users will be support for snap:// URLs in the browser. This will allow web sites to provide a "click here to install this snap...." type links which will take the user directly to Ubuntu Software (instead of having to choose a url handler) where the snap will be preselected. e.g. http://
[Test Case]
Run:
$ xdg-open snap:moon-buggy
Expected result:
GNOME Software opens with information on the moon-buggy snap
Observed result:
Get error about "specified location not supported"
[Regression Potential]
Low, we set a default where there was previously none.
Bug 1621971 added snap: URL support to GNOME Software.