On 2022-02-08 19:33, Olivier Tilloy wrote:
> The chromium-browser package has been a "transitional" package that
> installs the chromium snap since Ubuntu 19.10. Full-fledged deb
> packages are still being built for 18.04.
>
> The question of whether to remove this transitional package from the
> archive altogether has come up, so I'm sharing it here to get insights
> and feedback from a wider audience before making an informed decision.
>
> Some features of the deb package that are worth taking into account:
> - /usr/bin/{chromium-browser,chromedriver} symlinks to their snap counterparts
> - a postinst script that installs alternatives for x-www-browser and
> gnome-www-browser (unfortunately snapd doesn't have any mechanism for
> this yet)
> - a custom apport hook that collects additional information about the
> snap and its dependencies
> - did I miss any other features?
Can't tell, but those are important enough, aren't they?
Your message made me think of bugs like these:
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1947600
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1950550
And today I had a reason to install xsane.
$ apt-cache show xsane | grep Recommends
Recommends: cups-client, firefox | www-browser
As you see it pulled the Firefox .deb even if I have the Firefox snap
installed.
So as long as there is no other mechanism to make the system recognize
the FF snap and/or the Chromium snap as a www-browser, I suppose we need
such transitional packages. (Waiting for the FF equivalent.)
--
Cheers,
Gunnar Hjalmarsson
https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj
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