Re: Using snap for application with plugins

2016-08-24 Thread Stuart Bishop
On 19 August 2016 at 20:39, Thomas Voß wrote: > Now that triggers a question for me: How do end users resolve > dependencies of plugins today? > Do they just assume that the downloaded plugins bring along whatever > they need? Or do they rely > on the package manager to resolve dependencies ad h

Re: Using snap for application with plugins

2016-08-19 Thread Alexey Yakovenko
Hi Thomas, and sorry for the duplicate message, at first I replied privately instead of posting to the list > >> > >> As to what degree do you "trust" those plugins and their authors? > > > > > > I don't know most of them. > > There are a few developers who I have contact with, but technically I

Re: Using snap for application with plugins

2016-08-19 Thread Thomas Voß
On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 9:55 PM, Alexey Yakovenko wrote: > Hi Thomas > > Thanks for replying so quickly! Answering inline. :) > And sorry for the high latency now, your reply made it to my spam folder *sigh* > On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 8:56 PM, Thomas Voß > wrote: >> >> Hey Alexey, >> >> first of

Re: Using snap for application with plugins

2016-08-16 Thread Alexey Yakovenko
Hi Thomas Thanks for replying so quickly! Answering inline. :) On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 8:56 PM, Thomas Voß wrote: > Hey Alexey, > > first of all: Thanks for reaching out :) And to answer your final > question first: Snap'ing up applications that feature > a runtime extension mechanism is certai

Re: Using snap for application with plugins

2016-08-16 Thread Thomas Voß
Hey Alexey, first of all: Thanks for reaching out :) And to answer your final question first: Snap'ing up applications that feature a runtime extension mechanism is certainly possible, complexity depends on the actual application, though. To get you started fast: devmode (see http://askubuntu.com

Using snap for application with plugins

2016-08-16 Thread Alexey Yakovenko
Hi (Before I start, I'd like to apologise if this message has duplicates, I messed up with the mailing list subscription at first). Many users are requesting snap package format for my music player application. I researched this topic, and came up with a list of problems which I could not solve