Bug 105786 - Instruction how to install snap can be simplified
Summary: Instruction how to install snap can be simplified
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Documentation (show other bugs)
Version:
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unspecified
Hardware: All All
: low trivial
Assignee: Björn Michaelsen
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Blocks: LibreOffice-Snap
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Reported: 2017-02-06 09:45 UTC by grofaty
Modified: 2017-11-24 17:00 UTC (History)
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Description grofaty 2017-02-06 09:45:50 UTC
Hi,
I did the following:
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user@pc:~$ snap info libreoffice

snap info libreoffice
name:      libreoffice
summary:   "LibreOffice is a powerful office suite including word processing and creation of spreadsheets, slideshows and databases"
publisher: canonical
description: |
  LibreOffice is a powerful office suite – its clean interface and
  feature-rich tools help you unleash your creativity and enhance your
  productivity. LibreOffice includes several applications that make it the most
  powerful Free and Open Source office suite on the market: Writer (word
  processing), Calc (spreadsheets), Impress (presentations), Draw (vector
  graphics and flowcharts), Base (databases), and Math (formula editing).
commands:
  - libreoffice.calc
  - libreoffice.draw
  - libreoffice.impress
  - libreoffice
  - libreoffice.math
  - libreoffice.writer
  - libreoffice.base
channels:                 
  stable:    5.3.0.3 (17) 374MB -
  candidate: 5.3.0.3 (17) 374MB -
  beta:      5.3.0.3 (17) 374MB -
  edge:      5.3.0.3 (17) 374MB -
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In channels you notice currently there is 5.3.0.3 available in all of the channels including "stable".

Now look at the instruction how to install LibreOffice using Snap at: https://www.libreoffice.org/download/snap/
and there is command:
sudo snap install --channel=beta libreoffice

Above command is perfectly fine, but there is no need for channel "beta" if the same version is available in "stable". In my humble opinion users should be encourage to install as stable software as possible. In this case there is no need to point user to beta channel in future they may get unstable version when they refresh snap.

I suggest to change command from:
sudo snap install --channel=beta libreoffice

to:
sudo snap install libreoffice

and end-users will currently get the same effect.
Regards
Comment 1 Björn Michaelsen 2017-02-12 01:42:41 UTC
low prio trivial issue

FWIW, best practices for e.g. the use of snap features like channels havent quite stabilized yet, so the status quo shouldnt be assumed to be one.