Snappy store contains packages with namespace

[Simon Eisenmann]

The snappy store contains snaps which have a dot in the name. This does not seem to be allowed any longer and will fail to install.

For example:
logger.go:199 system-status.victor failed to install: package name with namespace not supported

All such packages should be pulled from the store to avoid confusion.

EDIT: We should also insure https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/snappy/guides/packaging-format-apps/ properly reflects naming guides. At the moment, it allows "." in the name. It would be good to review and ensure it's correct.

[Nicholas Skaggs (nskaggs)]

@Victor, can you fix this app in question so it doesn't cause this error?

@Martin, can you see why this wasn't unpublished?

[Natalia Bidart (nataliabidart)]

Hello all,

After browsing the package details for this snap, I can confirm the package name is system-status and the developer namespace is victor, which makes the package full name be:

system-status.victor

So what I would like to understand from this bug report is where the logger error is seen and which field from the package is being used to calculate what the "real package name" is. As you can see in the package index:

https://search.apps.ubuntu.com/api/v1/package/system-status.victor

the fields:

origin: "victor",
package_name: "system-status",

show the correct values for this snap. I also downloaded the package and confirmed that the value for the name in the manifest is well formed:

    "name": "system-status.victor",

Any extra information you could add to the bug to understand where is the issue is appreciated.
Thanks!

[Nicholas Skaggs (nskaggs)]

The only difference in json I see between this package and the hello-world example is hello-world has an alias:

 "alias": "hello-world"

[Leo Arias (elopio)]

The package.yaml has a dot on the name:

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~vthompson/+junk/system-status/view/head:/meta/package.yaml

According to this document, dots are allowed in the name:
https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/snappy/guides/packaging-format-apps/
(Fields Reference for package.yaml section)

But according to this one, the package name is flat:
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~snappy-dev/snappy/snappy/view/head:/docs/package-names.md

[Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand)]

https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/snappy/guides/packaging-format-apps/ is out of date. It was decided in April that namespaces would not be represented in the name field of the package.yaml. Many things including snappy, the review tools and (apparently only some of the) documentation have been updated for this. I believe the snappy build command will also fail to build these days if the name field contains a dot.

FYI, this package apparently predates this work since it does not have a hashes.yaml file either.

Seems the bug is in the documentation and in the package itself (ie, it should be rebuilt without specifying '.victor' in the name field of the package.yaml.

[Victor Thompson (vthompson)]

I've tried rebuilding and re-uploading, but I am having issues with the reviewer tools. I've removed a systemd and apparmor file to match the examples and that seems to have caused additional errors. Is there additional documentation I will need to get the package in a reviewable state?

[Natalia Bidart (nataliabidart)]

This will be followed up in the package review thread. Closing as invalid in the Store.

[Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand)]

Victor, you are hitting https://bugs.launchpad.net/click-reviewers-tools/+bug/1472296. This will get fixed up and I'll respond in the review.

[Victor Thompson (vthompson)]

@Jamie, I've requested a manual review.

[Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand)]

@Victor, accepted

[David Callé (davidc3)]

The pseudo regex for snap names on https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/snappy/guides/packaging-format-apps/ has been updated.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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