[SRU] New stable micro release 2.44

[Sergio Schvezov]

This is an SRU bug to release 2.43.1 of snapcraft which follows the guidelines defined in the wiki over at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SnapcraftUpdates

The list of bugs and features in the current release are defined at https://launchpad.net/snapcraft/+milestone/2.44

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package snapcraft - 2.44+19.10ubuntu5

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snapcraft (2.44+19.10ubuntu5) eoan; urgency=medium

  * spread: filter cross compilation tests for autotools

snapcraft (2.44+19.10ubuntu4) eoan; urgency=medium

  * integration tests: disable review tools checks on s390x

snapcraft (2.44+19.10ubuntu3) eoan; urgency=medium

  * spread: add provider for adhoc arm64 on Disco and Eoan
  * spread: filter cross compilation tests
  * spread: simpler cleanup for autotools/classic task

snapcraft (2.44+19.10ubuntu2) eoan; urgency=medium

  [ Sergio Schvezov ]
  * spread: update adhoc provider with newer Ubuntu series
  * python plugin: install python3-distutils when series is != xenial
  * rust plugin: support for s390x
  * integration tests: remove obsolete system library test

snapcraft (2.44+19.10ubuntu1) eoan; urgency=medium

  * unit tests: update for package set in eoan

snapcraft (2.44+19.10) eoan; urgency=medium

  [ Sergio Schvezov ]
  * docker: support for testing snapcraft in proposed (#2245)
  * snap: add the https transport (#2244)
  * build providers: environment setup for projects (#2225)
  * build providers: provide support to shell in (#2249)
  * build providers: shell in provider if debug is used (#2252)
  * build-providers: add support for --shell-after (#2253)
  * build providers: add support for --shell (#2254)
  * build providers: snapcraft images for multipass (#2258)
  * build providers: allow setting ram and disk size (#2260)
  * build providers: inject the base for classic (#2261)
  * build providers: allow snapcraft channel selection (#2265)
  * build providers: refresh packages on bring up (#2267)
  * build providers: let the implementor pick the image (#2269)
  * reporting: fail gracefully on submit errors (#2271)
  * meta: friendlier message for incorrect app command (#2272)
  * snap: use a newer PyYAML and drop patches (#2274)
  * build providers: use the best CPU configuration (#2273)
  * build providers: use the provider if exported (#2275)
  * snap: move to a newer pysha3 (#2277)
  * spread: move legacy wiki tests to spread (#2276)
  * snap: pull early (#2278)
  * build providers: re-exec as root (#2281)
  * build providers: cleaner start and launch messaging (#2282)
  * setup: improve dir setup for when running in legacy mode (#2307)
  * snap: legacy needs to now it is legacy for re-exec (#2311)
  * meta: support relocatable prime for path verification (#2287) (#2312)
  * nodejs plugin: add support for ppc64el and s390x (#2310) (#2310) (#2314)
  * tests: add spread suite for plainbox plugin (#2317) (#2321)
  * project_loader: add git to build-packages for version: git (#2403) (#2406)
  * yaml_utils: allow unicode while encoding (#2414) (#2416)
  * clean: user friendly message when cleaning (#2422)
  * rust plugin: refactor to use the latest rustup
  * tests: remove osx tests for legacy
  * static: fix new shell check issues
  * project loader: remove special LD_LIBRARY_FLAGS handling for classic
  * meta: handle symlinked hooks (#2478) (#2481)
  * common: add is_deb method
  * lifecycle: warn about bases
  * unit tests: stricter testing for common.is_deb
  * common: take into account d...