Snaps are already supported in the 16.04 base, you can play with them now. It's just an idea, but maybe either snaps or XDG would make it easier to run the latest version of GNOME 3 desktop/apps under Ubuntu.
Leo On 14/06/16 17:10, Adam Eveleigh wrote: > Ah, iirc that's GNOME's Snappy equivalent. I suppose that's a question that > Ubuntu GNOME's going to have to answer at some point. Do you want to support > Flatpak, Snappy or both? There's also AppImage, an independent project which > does a similar thing. > > On 14 June 2016, at 13:00, ubuntu-gnome-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: > > Send Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list submissions to > ubuntu-gnome@lists.ubuntu.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > ubuntu-gnome-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > ubuntu-gnome-ow...@lists.ubuntu.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Ubuntu-GNOME digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. GNOME3 and Flatpak (Formerly XDG apps) (Leo Francisco) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 15:03:40 +0100 > From: Leo Francisco <li...@boywithwings.co.uk> > To: ubuntu-gnome@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: GNOME3 and Flatpak (Formerly XDG apps) > Message-ID: <575ebd3c.4040...@boywithwings.co.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Hey all, > > A lot of the podcast are talking about Flatpak (formerly XDG apps) which > has picked up a bit of momentum and has the support of the GNOME > foundation. They provide distribution agnostic packages with everything > bundled in. > http://flatpak.org/#about > > I haven't done any testing yet but it looks like a way of potentially > allowing people to always have the latest GNOME apps in a reliable way. > Here's a list of what's available so far: > http://flatpak.org/apps.html > > Could be something to keep an eye on. > > All the best > Leo > > > > > ------------------------------ > -- Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list Ubuntu-GNOME@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome
