Cups and pulseaudio can be snapd free very easily by disabling the ubuntu additional snap patches during build.
It should be possible to provide snapdfree alternatives of tzhese two packages that can be installed once snapd is removed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to snapd-glib in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1951164 Title: Removal of gir1.2-snapd-1:amd64 libsnapd-glib1:amd64 should not ruin the system Status in snapd-glib package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Running `sudo apt autopurge gir1.2-snapd-1:amd64 libsnapd-glib1:amd64` on freshly installed Ubuntu MATE 21.10 system will ruin the system as follows: ``` Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: apturl* apturl-common* ayatana-indicator-sound* bluez-cups* cups* cups-browsed* cups-core-drivers* cups-daemon* cups-server-common* gir1.2-goa-1.0* gir1.2-snapd-1* hplip* hplip-data* libcanberra-pulse* libcupsimage2* libgutenprint-common* libgutenprint9* libhpmud0* libimagequant0* libpulsedsp* libsane-hpaio* libsbc1* libsnapd-glib1* libspeexdsp1* printer-driver-gutenprint* printer-driver-hpcups* printer-driver-postscript-hp* printer-driver-splix* pulseaudio* pulseaudio-module-bluetooth* pulseaudio-utils* python3-dateutil* python3-debconf* python3-olefile* python3-pil* python3-renderpm* python3-reportlab* python3-reportlab-accel* python3-software-properties* rtkit* software-properties-common* software-properties-gtk* ssl-cert* ubuntu-mate-core* ubuntu-mate-desktop* ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk* update-manager* update-notifier* update-notifier-common* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 49 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 49,3 MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n Abort. ``` It is not acceptable. Please change adjust dependencies and provide users a choice. Some of them do not want to use Snaps at all while staying with Ubuntu. Switching to Debian is not a solution. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10 Package: libsnapd-glib1 1.58-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-19.19-generic 5.13.14 Uname: Linux 5.13.0-19-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu71 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: MATE Date: Wed Nov 17 00:28:29 2021 InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-10-14 (33 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 21.10 "Impish Indri" - Release amd64 (20211012) RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks. SourcePackage: snapd-glib UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd-glib/+bug/1951164/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
