I agree that there are pending snap related questions, but please note: 1. Snap related things are in a preliminary state, and changes happen continuously.
2. We are not enough informed to distinguish between bugs and intended behavior. I don't think we should add things to the docs only based on what we stumble upon, because if we would do that, there is a great chance that we document buggy behavior, and we don't want to do that. The docs which Peter pointed at target the developers, and I don't think they give any guidance with respect to the issues mentioned above. I think we need expert input as a base for considering if there is anything about snaps which would be suitable to mention in the desktop guide. So, Chris, if you want to ask some developer involved in the snap development about it, it's great. But in the lack of such input I think we should keep this bug open in this cycle. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Documentation Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-docs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1658785 Title: Snap documentation in 17.04? Status in ubuntu-docs package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Do we say anything about snaps in the 17.04 desktop help and if so what do we say? If snaps are experimental and subject to change then perhaps we should say nothing? Below I give some points about snaps worth thinking about (as regards how we document them): The logon to Ubuntu One in Ubuntu Software when one tries to install a snap will surely create confusion. I saw one example on the #ubuntu channel where people were confused by it (with good reason in my opinion). At present you don't have to logon to Ubuntu One if you install a snap from the command line. Why are Ubuntu Software and the command line treated differently in this respect? I don't know much about snaps but in the manual for the snap command there are options to buy a snap and log on to the snap store. I would imagine that at present there are no snaps that one has to pay for - but there will be soon? Snaps are visible in the Disks application as "devices". This is very confusing in my opinion. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+bug/1658785/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~documentation-packages Post to : documentation-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~documentation-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
