explicit priming

2017-03-31 Thread Spencer Parkin
y added if you start to explicitly prime things? Thanks. Clearly I'm an novice snap crafter. BTW, how is the snap/snapcraft project coming along? Is it doing well, poor? Is it catching on? Is it the ultimate in package technology!? Thanks, --Spencer -- Snapcraft mailing list Snapcraft@list

Re: desktop-gtk3

2017-03-31 Thread Spencer Parkin
blish them from the website, but is there a way to delete them altogether? On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 1:06 AM, Didier Roche wrote: > Le 31/03/2017 à 05:55, Spencer Parkin a écrit : > >> That just adds a deprecation warning (if I add the '/', I mean.) It says, >> "DEPR

Re: desktop-gtk3

2017-03-30 Thread Spencer Parkin
gt; > > Did you tried [desktop/gtk3]? > > > > $ snapcraft search > > ... > > desktop-gtk3 Helpers for gtk2, gtk3, qt4 and qt5 or > glib minimal launchers. > ... > > desktop/gtk3 Helpers for gtk2, gtk3, qt4 and

Re: desktop-gtk3

2017-03-30 Thread Spencer Parkin
;t work anymore. When I'm back on my linux box this evening, I can give more information. I wonder if something has changed with an update of snapcraft. On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 11:05 AM, José Pekkarinen < jose.pekkari...@canonical.com> wrote: > On Thursday 30 March 2017 11:01:02 Sp

desktop-gtk3

2017-03-30 Thread Spencer Parkin
then the snap will build just fine, but it won't be valid, because there won't be any GTK3 support. Thanks, --Spencer -- Snapcraft mailing list Snapcraft@lists.snapcraft.io Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/snapcraft

Re: Experimental Python interpreter snap

2017-02-19 Thread Spencer
I thought a main feature of snaps was to include all dependencies so that they couldn't be changed out from underneath a package. For example, my script was written for 3.6, but would be incompatible with a future release, say 4.0. Still, the ability to share a dependency like the Python interp

Re: Reject snaps that are identical to previous revision?

2017-02-06 Thread Spencer
Okay, then the snaps were different for some reason on my end. Good to know this check is already in place. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 6, 2017, at 8:27 AM, Daniel Manrique > wrote: > >> On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 2:05 AM, Spencer Parkin >> wrote: >> So, I'm

Reject snaps that are identical to previous revision?

2017-02-05 Thread Spencer Parkin
So, I'm sure it comes as no surprise to the readers of this mailing list that I am a complete moron; and as further evidence of that, I recently uploaded a "new" snap that was actually identical to the revision I already had released to my victu...I mean, customers. Does it seem reasonable for the

[SPAM] snapping with Qt vs. wx

2017-01-30 Thread Spencer Parkin
. What do you think? Is there something better than either? I've never written a mobile app, but if I did, I might look into the Ubuntu phone platform. I own an iPhone, though. Is Ubuntu phone better? --Spencer -- Snapcraft mailing list Snapcraft@lists.snapcraft.io Modify settings

Re: glGetUniformLocation fails in confinement mode

2017-01-30 Thread Spencer
permutation I'm expecting, then barf if that is not what's found on disk. Thanks again for your help. I was kind of hoping it wasn't me being dumb, but alas, it was. > On Jan 30, 2017, at 8:50 AM, Spencer wrote: > > Oh, you're right! I don't know why I silently f

Re: glGetUniformLocation fails in confinement mode

2017-01-30 Thread Spencer
er today after work when I get the chance between toddler screams and house work. > On Jan 30, 2017, at 6:47 AM, Stephen M. Webb > wrote: > >> On 2017-01-30 01:56 AM, Spencer Parkin wrote: >> >> I have a program that has successfully snapped and run in confinement mode,

glGetUniformLocation fails in confinement mode

2017-01-29 Thread Spencer Parkin
look at it using... sudo snap install twistypuzzle Thanks for any help or ideas anyone is able to provide in trying to trouble-shoot this problem. I have no idea how to go further with this for now. My code can be found here... https://github.com/spencerparkin/TwistyPuzzle Thanks, --Spencer -- Sn

Re: Version numbers for snap packages

2017-01-25 Thread Spencer
I totally disagree. Use Gaussian integers for your major version number and transcendental numbers for the minor. The product of these must not lie in the range between a pair of twin primes, unless your using the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, the base of the natural logar

Re: [announce] twistypuzzle snap

2017-01-18 Thread Spencer Parkin
I have actually never successfully gotten through Microsoft's process. On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 1:52 AM, Jamie Bennett wrote: > Great work Spencer. I presume your project is hosted on GitHub at: > > * https://github.com/spencerparkin/TwistyPuzzle > > I don't see a

[announce] twistypuzzle snap

2017-01-17 Thread Spencer Parkin
Hi, I've just uploaded to beta channel my new snap: twistypuzzle. Unlike "rubecube," one of my other snaps, this one can simulate a variety of twisty puzzles. My main motivation is the technical challenge such a program represents. There are still some bugs that must be resolved before releasin

Re: Snapping with scons

2017-01-16 Thread Spencer Parkin
e pointed me in the right direction, I could at least add what I know from looking at the plugin's Python code. Sincerely yours, The worst snapcrafter on the list. On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 12:07 AM, Spencer wrote: > Hi. I have a project with 2 dependencies so I need 3 parts in my yaml

Snapping with scons

2017-01-15 Thread Spencer
Hi. I have a project with 2 dependencies so I need 3 parts in my yaml file. The dependencies install correctly during snapping, but when my program starts to compile, it can't locate the header files for the library dependencies. There is no mystery here as to why that is the case. My questi

Re: Rate my app

2016-12-22 Thread Spencer
I see. I was just looking for methods of feedback, really. Sounds like the best way is to come up with your own solution and ignore anything imbedded in the snap infrastructure. > On Dec 22, 2016, at 1:52 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >> On Thu, 22 Dec 2016 00:29:50 -0700, Spencer

Rate my app

2016-12-21 Thread Spencer
Hi. My apps suck. I know that. But I want to hear the hate from my users too. However, when I look at the "stats" for my app (snap), it says, "your app has not yet been rated." Well, so far, over 200 poor, unsuspecting souls have made the mistake of installing one of my snaps, but apparentl

Re: Announcing Snaplint

2016-12-09 Thread Spencer
. I'll have to review GPL again. I'll stop now. Sorry for all the spam. > On Dec 9, 2016, at 2:33 AM, Julia Palandri > wrote: > > [totally not related with the original post, but I thought I should...] > >> On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 6:12 AM, Spencer Parkin >>

Re: Announcing Snaplint

2016-12-08 Thread Spencer Parkin
ct. On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 9:29 PM, Scott Sweeny wrote: > That would make for an interesting dogfooding run since the tool > itself is GPL-3 :-) > > ~S > > On Thu, Dec 08, 2016 at 07:42:36PM -0700, Spencer wrote: > > Uh...but if I use your tool, then I can't clai

Re: Announcing Snaplint

2016-12-08 Thread Spencer
Uh...but if I use your tool, then I can't claim ignorance when I'm getting sued for copyright violations. Seriously, though, I hate all the legal crap licensing causes in the development world. Your tool could make life a lot easier in that regard, which is nice. BTW, the GPL is the worst lic

Ms Dev center ugh

2016-11-23 Thread Spencer
Just wanted to say that the Ubuntu snap submission process is infinitely better than Microsoft's app submission process. Ironically, while I do not consider my self particularly Linux-literate, figuring out snaps has been so much more enjoyable than Microsoft packages. And their website is cra

Re: Snaps to invoke external processes

2016-11-22 Thread Spencer
pd is there or >> not. It's a very minimal piece of software. > > How do you see non ubuntu distro being handled then? > > Cheers, > Didier > >> >>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 5:21 AM, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: >>> On 22/11/16 06:46, Didier Roche wr

Re: Snaps to invoke external processes

2016-11-21 Thread Spencer Parkin
Well, actually, not unless the customer also installs snapd-xdg-open. Why is it an add-on? Why not just make it part of snapd? On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 9:09 PM, Spencer Parkin wrote: > It's a miracle! It works! Now, for the first time ever, my users (all 0 > of them) can reach th

Re: Snaps to invoke external processes

2016-11-21 Thread Spencer Parkin
It's a miracle! It works! Now, for the first time ever, my users (all 0 of them) can reach the help page by clicking on "help" from within the app! Thanks, Didier. You're a real pal. On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 12:08 AM, Didier Roche wrote: > Le 21/11/2016 à 04:26, Spe

Snaps to invoke external processes

2016-11-20 Thread Spencer
It's been a few weeks now, but last I heard, the snapcraft team was or did a sprint to address current limitations snaps have regarding the invocation of external processes. Specifically, it would be nice to launch the user's default browser with a URL, or let a snap invoke another instance of

Re: Project templates in snapcraft

2016-11-04 Thread Spencer
Small, well commented examples, but not too small so as to leave out obviously wanted functionality, IMO, are way better than templates. Part of the problem I have with any kind of template is OCD-based. I don't want to start where someone else left off, and if I didn't write it, I won't immed

ANN: symgrpmad

2016-10-31 Thread Spencer Parkin
FWIW, I just published a new snap... sudo snap install symgrpmad If you have a moment, let me know what you think. --Sp -- Snapcraft mailing list Snapcraft@lists.snapcraft.io Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/snapcraft

Re: calling cli apps

2016-10-20 Thread Spencer Parkin
Hi, I would think that the security concerns can be minimized, if not completely eliminated, by setting up a way to have one snap application invoke another, possibly itself. In theory, a snap itself is already vetted and running in a secure environment. So what's insecure about one snap asking

Re: calling cli apps

2016-10-19 Thread Spencer Parkin
en. > > Can I try your app? what is its name? :D > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 12:20 PM, Spencer Parkin > wrote: > >> Alejandro, >> >> You ask a good question. As a fellow snap user, I'd like to know the >> answer too. I've asked about invoking oth

Re: calling cli apps

2016-10-19 Thread Spencer Parkin
Alejandro, You ask a good question. As a fellow snap user, I'd like to know the answer too. I've asked about invoking other processes from snap-installed apps before and invoking the user's default browser too, but so far, the answer I've received from the snap team has been: "we don't have a so

Re: Snaps on Ubuntu 16.10.

2016-10-15 Thread Spencer
would have encountered the same issue eventually. > On Oct 14, 2016, at 5:50 PM, Spencer wrote: > > I've received a crash report under 16.10 of Ubuntu. I'm running 16.04. > Before I upgrade, is there any reason why they shouldn't work yet on 16.10? --

Snaps on Ubuntu 16.10.

2016-10-14 Thread Spencer
I've received a crash report under 16.10 of Ubuntu. I'm running 16.04. Before I upgrade, is there any reason why they shouldn't work yet on 16.10? -- Snapcraft mailing list Snapcraft@lists.snapcraft.io Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/snapcraft

Re: Ubuntu Snap Store

2016-10-12 Thread Spencer
or one, and think Chris is spot on :) > > Mark > >> On 13/10/16 01:29, Spencer wrote: >> You probably need to contact the site builder directly as the site you cited >> is not condoned by canonical or Ubuntu. I'm not even sure if the site >> builder has a

Re: Ubuntu Snap Store

2016-10-12 Thread Spencer
You probably need to contact the site builder directly as the site you cited is not condoned by canonical or Ubuntu. I'm not even sure if the site builder has a good relationship with either. > On Oct 12, 2016, at 5:01 PM, Chris wrote: > > When browsing snaps at uappexplorer.com I like to mid

High score

2016-10-11 Thread Spencer
I was thinking of adding a "high score" feature to my snap app that, when a player wins, goves them the option of reporting over http their score which would be stored in a database and displayed by a website. Is this possible with snaps, or would the security prevent it? It already prevents m

Re: Snap sources

2016-10-10 Thread Spencer
One advantage of snaps, I believe, is that the dependencies are baked into them. Otherwise, your app can stop working after installation if a dependency is updated or otherwise changed. I'm not sure what other advantages there may be. One downside is extra memory cost, but with storage up to

Launcher

2016-10-09 Thread Spencer
I made a comment earlier that newly installed snaps don't show up in the dash. I see now that I was using the wrong term. They do show up in the dash, but is there a way to have them show up in the launcher? Of course, the user can add and remove launcher items, but I've noticed that other pa

Re: Looking to distribute a commercial package as a snap

2016-10-05 Thread Spencer
My entry into the snap world has been a tough one. There is online documentation, but it is not kept up-to-date. I get the feeling that the bar for entry is the need to be the kind of person who loves to learn everything about a system by becoming one of its developers. For example, I couldn'

Re: Announce: DOSBox snapped

2016-10-01 Thread Spencer
I recently snapped my Chinese checkers program and added sound fx! Check it: chiche I'm trying to improve the AI. What's dos box? Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 1, 2016, at 4:05 PM, Jacob Zimmermann wrote: > > Hi > > I just added another piece to my collection of snapped emulators: dosbox-jz

Re: pulseaudio plug/slot

2016-09-26 Thread Spencer Parkin
ose later when I get the chance. Thanks again, --Sp On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 11:18 PM, Didier Roche wrote: > Le 26/09/2016 à 06:27, Spencer Parkin a écrit : > > So I did two things to resolve this, I'm not sure if one of them was > necessary, but... > > 1) I changed my app

Re: pulseaudio plug/slot

2016-09-25 Thread Spencer Parkin
... https://github.com/spencerparkin/ChineseCheckers.git Enable sound, then hold ALT+SHIFT while doing a left-click in the window to test sound. On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 10:27 PM, Spencer Parkin wrote: > So I did two things to resolve this, I'm not sure if one of them was > necessary, but..

Re: pulseaudio plug/slot

2016-09-25 Thread Spencer Parkin
the problem. If the snapcraft developers are interested in testing out why audio doesn't work in strict mode, they can use my program as an test case, if they cared to. On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 6:28 PM, Spencer Parkin wrote: > Hi, > > I'm adding sound-fx to my snap-app and am r

pulseaudio plug/slot

2016-09-25 Thread Spencer Parkin
Hi, I'm adding sound-fx to my snap-app and am running into the common problem of "it works in my real system, but not in the confined system." I'm not sure how to trouble-shoot this problem. I've added the "pulseaudio" plug to my snapcraft.yaml file, "snap interface" reports that my snap-app is

Ratings

2016-09-22 Thread Spencer
I'm about to add audio to my snap, yo, the ratings are about to go through the roof, dawg!... Say, how do you rate a snap, anyway? -- Snapcraft mailing list Snapcraft@lists.snapcraft.io Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/snapcraft

Re: Using xdg-open from snap

2016-09-20 Thread Spencer Parkin
This is related to a question I had as well. I have a program that uses wxLaunchDefaultBrowser which, looking at its implementation, tries to make the system call "exec()" to launch the default browser with a URL. If snap programs are not allowed to start other processes, that's fine; but if enou

Re: non-free

2016-09-17 Thread Spencer
I see. Well, I'm not sure what the answer should be, but I can tell you that it being "non-free" is a significant deterrent against anyone downloading and installing this or anyone's snap, or so I would think. > On Sep 17, 2016, at 8:10 AM, Érico P wrote: > >

non-free

2016-09-16 Thread Spencer Parkin
At the risk of e-mailing the list again too soon (low frequency of spamage is a good policy, especially if, like me, you have a tenancy to alienate yourself from people with excessive naivity and stupidity), I wanted to ask: how can I re-assure the Ubuntu Store that my program is indeed free? It sa

Re: How do you add config files - "file" can't find it's configuration files?

2016-09-16 Thread Spencer
I never like hard coded paths. Can YAML files somehow configure what C pre processor definitions we get during compilation? An if-def could be used in places where the program is to locate resources and so use either $SNAP prepended or something else when not run as a snap. > On Sep 16, 2016,

Re: candidate/release

2016-09-15 Thread Spencer Parkin
Err...sorry...I really think this all just user error on my part. Never mind. No more spam. Good night. On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 9:22 PM, Spencer Parkin wrote: > Thanks, my guess is this: The snapcraft command (and the "Publish" button > on the website) let you do... > &g

Re: candidate/release

2016-09-15 Thread Spencer Parkin
back from a human reviewer, I'm not sure how > we can get this across to the snapcraft commandline interface. Perhaps > the new APIs sergio mentioned for querying status can include them. > > Michael Hall > mhall...@ubuntu.com > > On 09/15/2016 10:16 PM, Spencer Parkin wrot

Re: candidate/release

2016-09-15 Thread Spencer Parkin
chve...@canonical.com> wrote: > El jueves, 15 de septiembre de 2016 18h'37:00 ART, Mark Shuttleworth < > m...@ubuntu.com> escribió: > >> On 15/09/16 14:28, Spencer Parkin wrote: >> >>> I'm embarrassed to say that while, supposedly, I have publis

candidate/release

2016-09-15 Thread Spencer Parkin
first post to the mailing list doesn't immediately alienate me from everyone... Thanks, --Spencer -- Snapcraft mailing list Snapcraft@lists.snapcraft.io Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/snapcraft