Hello, we will enable an additional way to ship snapd updates soon. With the next update of the "ubuntu-core" snap we will automatically run snapd from this image [1]. This allows quicker and more seamless updates for snapd. Which of course means you get the bugfixes and new features quicker :)
Additionally we plan to use the channels mechanism to give you more choices on what version of snapd to run. We will have the latest daily version of snapd available in the "edge" channel. We also plan to pre-release all our stable releases in the "candidate" channel first so that users can use/test them early. This means with: $ snap refresh --candidate ubuntu-core you can start tracking the candidate channel and get early access to the releases. To disable this feature (e.g. if you need to ensure you are on a particular version for some reason), you can set SNAP_REEXEC=0 in your environment. You also need to tweak the systemd service: # mkdir /etc/systemd/system/snapd.service.d/ # cat > /etc/systemd/system/snapd.service.d/local.conf <<EOF [Service] Environment="SNAP_REEXEC=0" EOF We will still do SRUs when we need to do bigger packaging related changes, but less frequently than we do currently. Please let us know if you have any questions! Cheers, Michael [1] Technically: when the snapd from the deb file runs it will re-execute itself from /snap/ubuntu-core/current/usr/lib/snapd. -- Snapcraft mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/snapcraft
