Release changelog for 2.16 (#774)
Hello snapcrafters!
We are pleased to announce the release of version 2.16 of snapcraft:
https://launchpad.net/snapcraft/+milestone/2.16
The highlights in this release are:
- New variables available to be used within
snapcraft.yaml
and also exported in the environment during plugin runs:SNAPCRAFT_PROJECT_NAME
,SNAPCRAFT_PROJECT_VERSION
,SNAPCRAFT_PART_INSTALL
(specific to the part where it is used) andSNAPCRAFT_STAGE
(now also exported in the environment). snapcraft register --private
can now be used to register private snaps.- A
grade
ofstable
ordevel
can be set insnapcraft.yaml
which would gate any accidental releases to thestable
andcandidate
channels. snapcraft cleanbuild --debug
will drop you in a shell if errors are encountered.- Filesets can now recursively glob, allowing constructs like
**/*.pyc
- The
ant
plugin now allows parameters.
This release has seen many contributions from outside of the snapcraft
core team, so we want to give a shout out to these folks, here's a team
thank you for:
- Caio Begotti
- Evan Dandrea
- Loïc Minier
- Scott Moser
To consume the latest snapcraft release on Xenial Xerus (16.04), we
suggest you install the snapcraft package from the Ubuntu Archives:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapcraft
To get the source for this release check it out at
https://github.com/ubuntu-core/snapcraft/releases/tag/2.16
A great place to collaborate and discuss features, bugs and ideas on
snapcraft is snapcraft@lists.snapcraft.io mailing list or directly in
the #snappy channel on irc.freenode.net.
To file bugs, please go to https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapcraft/+filebug.
Happy snapcrafting,
-- Sergio and the team