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  1. Bug #1661590
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Comment 16 for bug 1661590

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Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl) wrote : Re: [Bug 1661590] Re: GNOME Software only supports running one application from a snap

On 10/02/17 16:50, John Lenton wrote:
> I should point out that there isn't a clear 1:1 mapping between desktop
> files and apps, and that some of the things mentioned here would impose
> this.
>
> FWIW IMHO if gnome software needs to choose one app from a snap to run
> because of its own limitations it should choose the default app, the one
> that has the same name as the snap.

I don't think we should assume that GNOME Software should run *anything*
from a snap unless there is a .desktop file for it. Lots of snaps will
not be appropriate to run in a GUI.

Mark