Re: Including custom kernel driver with a snap

2016-08-12 Thread Jamie Strandboge
On Thu, 2016-08-11 at 16:45 -0600, Leo Arias wrote: > Hello Mike! > > On 2016-08-04 12:58, MikeB wrote: > > > > Can someone describe the strategy or point me to an example for > > including a custom kernel driver as part of a snap? > > > > I'm trying to put together a snap that requires several

Re: How to snap packages that provide "extra" files to be used by something else

2016-08-12 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 04/08/16 09:16, Christian Ehrhardt wrote: > Now that doesn't fit in the (otherwise really great) sandboxing into > ~/snap or /snap. > Because in this case others programs should be able to pick up these > files in common paths. > > It doesn't really qualify for an interface [3] as I thought to >

Re: ntopng strict snap published

2016-08-12 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 09/08/16 18:19, Manik Taneja wrote: > > will this allow them to claim the reserved name? We can allocate a name to a publisher very easily, just need the authoritative upstream to ask on this mailing list. In this case we should probably use the new 'collaborators' feature in the store, which

Re: How to snap packages that provide "extra" files to be used by something else

2016-08-12 Thread Christian Ehrhardt
On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > Interfaces should actually handle this case very well, as long as both > sides of the file exchange are predictable. So I can imagine CUPS > providing an interface to ingest PPDs and a PPD snap that consumes that > interface making the P

Re: How to snap packages that provide "extra" files to be used by something else

2016-08-12 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 12/08/16 08:36, Christian Ehrhardt wrote: > In the context of the request I was thinking more about snaps on > classic and how e.g. a "classic" system could pick up those. > Or turning around the statement: How a snap would ensure things are > picked up by the "host" in classic. > > A generic so

Re: ntopng strict snap published

2016-08-12 Thread Manik Taneja
On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 5:04 AM, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > On 09/08/16 18:19, Manik Taneja wrote: > > > will this allow them to claim the reserved name? > > > We can allocate a name to a publisher very easily, just need the > authoritative upstream to ask on this mailing list. > > In this case w