feature request: publish to the Snap Store

[Rexogamer]

What do you want to see?

We should consider publishing Revolt Desktop to the Snap Store.

Docs: https://snapcraft.io/docs

[Eckoa]

Its already published to Flathub which is already Distro agnostic and doesnt require Ubuntus Apparmor Profiles/Setup for its sandbox to function along with working within your browser of choice.

Could you perhaps suggest a few benefits to doing this? Even if it has been added to the project tracker i would argue this provides no real benefit vs existing distribution methods. While small it only really adds maintenance burden vs any real value to the project but Im also not one of the maintainers.

[Rexogamer]

I will clarify that I'm a member of the team; however, this has not been finalised or agreed upon by the team (issues are automatically added to the tracker for future sorting). The main benefits in my eyes are wider distribution (the Snap Store is at the very least another avenue and I do see quite a few people using it) and reduced friction for Ubuntu users (no need to install Flatpak, automatic updates etc.); in addition, a wide variety of more popular apps are available via the Store.

I know Snap isn't too popular among certain spheres (and to a point I at least understand why someone would be hesitant to use it), and obviously this isn't a high priority issue but I don't think it'd do any harm and I'm assuming we'll also automate a lot of the publishing work we currently have to do so I don't think the maintenance burden would be too much to handle.

[Eckoa]

I will clarify that I'm a member of the team; however, this has not been finalised or agreed upon by the team (issues are automatically added to the tracker for future sorting). The main benefits in my eyes are wider distribution (the Snap Store is at the very least another avenue and I do see quite a few people using it) and reduced friction for Ubuntu users (no need to install Flatpak, automatic updates etc.); in addition, a wide variety of more popular apps are available via the Store.

I know Snap isn't too popular among certain spheres (and to a point I at least understand why someone would be hesitant to use it), and obviously this isn't a high priority issue but I don't think it'd do any harm and I'm assuming we'll also automate a lot of the publishing work we currently have to do so I don't think the maintenance burden would be too much to handle.

I know you are a member, I feel its always good to question (in a civil manner) some things when a project is something youve become invested in and you may feel negative towards said decision. This keeps us all honest to some degree and helps clarify why things are done.

That said if you guys feel the maintenance burden will be minimal vs your perceived benefits i can at least concede on that and leave it alone. This is a project ive been trying to convert people to using vs the "other one" and simply dont want another project i enjoy to crush itself under its own weight.

[amycatgirl]

I didn't knew this issue existed, but I've had a snap listing for a while now.

Albeit unofficial, it's publicly available on https://snapcraft.io/revolt-desktop and the snapcraft file is available in https://GitHub.com/amycatgirl/revoltdesktop

[amycatgirl]

Anyone in the team can feel use the files however they want :)