Hi Alistair! Thanks for the tip, but this is not a problem anymore. Yep, I used "the bridge" provided by Ubuntu Core for xdg-open and it works if the user installs snapd-xdg-open :)
Best, Eloy 2017-03-27 9:32 GMT+02:00 Alistair Grant <akgrant0...@gmail.com>: > Hi Eloy, > > Your readme mentions problems with xdg-open. Take a look at: > > https://github.com/snapcore/snapd-xdg-open > > which may help. Note that the host has to have snapd-xdg-open installed. > > Cheers, > Alistair > > On 27 March 2017 at 09:22, Eloy García (PC Actual) > <eloy.garcia....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello everybody. > > > > I currently have a snap package published on the store. It is called > > wallpaperdownloader and it is a Java-based application. So far, it has > been > > packaged using the strict confinement. The application basically > downloads > > wallpapers from the Internet and sets the wallpaper when the user > requests > > it. Because there are a lot of desktop environments, I have ended up > using > > a lot of Linux commands from the java application in order to achieve > these > > goals. For some DE there is no problem at all: for example, using > gsettings > > interface, GNOME Shell and Unity change the background flawlessly. MATE > is > > working properly too (I had to include mate-desktop-common as stage > > package) but XFCE and KDE... no way. In addition, some of the most simple > > features (open a file explorer for example) don't work. > > > > I have been testing the classic confinement and all these features work! > In > > addition, I don't need to include some dependencies like desktop-gtk3 or > > use a shell script wrapper to launch the application. Then, I'm > considering > > to move my snap package from stric to classic confinement but i don't > know > > the possible implications: > > > > 1.- Are the interfaces still needed when using classic confinement? > > 2.- From the user point of view: if wallpaperdownloader is already > > installed and I change the confinement, when snapd upgrades it, will it > > work flawlessly? I mean, the upgrade process will be automatic or it will > > require manual intervention from the user? > > 3.- As I see classic confinement, it is a feature to make snap packages > > more easily but they only will work on a "classic" Ubuntu system. If > Ubuntu > > is finally migrated to a Snappy system, I guess classic confinement won't > > work and all these packages should be migrated to strict confinement > again, > > am I right? > > > > Thank you all for your time :) > > > > Best, > > > > Eloy > > -- > > Eloy García Almadén > > -- > > Snapcraft mailing list > > Snapcraft@lists.snapcraft.io > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/ > mailman/listinfo/snapcraft > > -- > Snapcraft mailing list > Snapcraft@lists.snapcraft.io > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/ > mailman/listinfo/snapcraft > -- Eloy García Almadén -- Snapcraft mailing list Snapcraft@lists.snapcraft.io Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/snapcraft
