[Live-demo] Xenial and Snap

[Angelos Tzotsos]

I agree with Johan, Snap is not a match for our case.

Best,
Angelos

On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 1:25 PM, Johan Van de Wauw <
johan.vandewauw at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 3:03 AM, Brian M Hamlin <maplabs at light42.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> >
> >
> >   I have two Xenial machines setup for the last month or so.. doing some
> > experiments here and there..
> >
> > One thing I did *not* see was the Ubuntu "Snap" packaging format [0]..
> >
> >
> >
> >   well, this blog post [1] shows how Snap is a bad thing from a security
> > point of view..
> >
> > I suggest we stay away from Snap packaging..   more on packaging later..
> Since we are limited on space, snap is not really a good option as
> libraries will be packaged several times (and possibly using more
> memory at runtime).
>
> Kind Regards,
> Johan
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