snapd could be changed not to be run all the time: the `snap` command could start snapd if it's not running, and this would address the first and third points mentioned by Ian (because when a snap program is run, what is first executed is actually /usr/bin/snap), and it should be possible to handle automatic updates by running some snap command at some defined moments.
This would come at a cost, though: the startup times of snap applications could be considerably longer if snapd has to be cold started. It may be that the performance impact of starting snapd is negligible on faster machines, but if the whole point of this operation is to improve support for lubuntu, which is typically run on older machines, then changing the snapd behaviour to start on demand might not be doing a favour to lubuntu users. We might want to sit down and weigh pros and cons, but at first sight the gain seems not to be worth the efforts. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1930995 Title: snapd too heavy for lubuntu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/+bug/1930995/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
