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Will gnome-software-plugin-snap appear in Debian?

Asked by David

I am using Debian and can't install gnome-software-plugin-snap. It doesn't appear to be packaged:

https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=gnome-software-plugin

Are there plans to release and maintain this plugin upstream?

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David (lofidevops) said : 		#1

(snapd itself is already packaged for Debian -- I can install snaps from the command line)

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arochester (arochester) said : 		#2

This is offtopic here. This site is for and about Ubuntu, not Debian.

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David (lofidevops) said : 		#3

My understanding is that this package is developed by the Snap team (i.e. Ubuntu/Canonical developers).

What is the appropriate public forum for asking the package authors about distribution in other environments?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

A snap is a snap so should work. Your Debian forum will know what is happening in Debian.

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David (lofidevops) said : 		#5

From https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=877684 :

> I haven't been able to find anyone willing to maintain snapd-glib in Debian yet, which is the minimal blocker for gnome-software-plugin-snap to be built.
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> I might be able to help but I am very hesitant to be the sole maintainer. I strongly prefer team maintenance.

See also https://askubuntu.com/questions/961561