@paulw2u I disagree with this being a gnome-calculator problem. This is a much more general problem that has to do also with the installation size.
I believe that bugs like this, and like [1], indicate that snap is not yet ready to be included by default, and especially not for basic desktop applications like calc. I would like the status of this bug to be reset to affect Ubuntu (or perhaps ubuntu-desktop if that's the one that should depend on gnome- calculator), and the inclusion of snap or potential removal from the default installation (meaning as a direct or indirect dependency of ubuntu-desktop) to be discussed. [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/+bug/1575053 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-calculator in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1788220 Title: [snap] Ubuntu 18.04 LTS includes gnome-calculator as a snap Status in gnome-calculator package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Ubuntu 18.04 includes the calculator as a snap. The standard installation of snap, with no custom snap apps installed other than what Ubuntu installs by default, takes a whooping 1.6GB of hard disk. Calc takes forever to start in a modern machine compared to the normal calc installed with APT, creates snap files in the user's home dir (with name $HOME/snap). This is ridiculous. Snap is immature, there's no sysadmin tool support, and it's not ready to make it the default for standard Ubuntu LTS. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-calculator/+bug/1788220/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
