This is the snap for [Project], “Single-line elevator pitch for your amazing snap”. It works on Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, and other major Linux distributions.
Published for with 💝 by Snapcrafters
sudo snap install my-snap-name
Snapcrafters (join us) are working to land snap install documentation and the snapcraft.yaml upstream so [Project] can authoritatively publish future releases.
- Click the green "Use this template" button above to create a new repository based on this template
- Give the newly created repository a sensible name, like
godzilla
if you're snapping the Godzilla software (Note: Do not usesnap
in this name.) - Update the description of the repository to
Unofficial snap for [Project]
- Update logos and references to
[Project]
and[my-snap-name]
- Create a snap that runs in
devmode
- Convert the snap to
strict
confinement, orclassic
confinement if it qualifies - Register the snap in the store, using the preferred upstream name
- Add a screenshot to this
README.md
- Add install instructions to this
README.md
- Update snap store metadata, icons and screenshots
- Publish the confined snap in the Snap store beta channel
- Update the install instructions in this
README.md
- Post a call for testing in the Snapcraft Forum "Snapcrafters" category - link
- Add the Snapcraft store account (snap-advocacy@canonical.com) as a collaborator to your snap in the Dashboard and ask a Snapcrafters admin to accept this request
- Fix all important issues found during testing
- Make a post in the Snapcraft Forum "store-requests" category asking for a transfer of the snap name from you to Snapcrafters - link
- Ask a Snapcrafters admin to fork your repo into github.com/snapcrafters, and configure the repo for automatic publishing into edge on commit
- Add the provided Snapcraft build badge to this
README.md
- Publish the snap in the Snap store stable channel
- Update the install instructions in this
README.md
- Post an announcement in the Snapcraft Forum "Snapcrafters" category - link
- Ask the Snap Advocacy team to celebrate the snap - link
- Submit a pull request or patch upstream that adds snap install documentation - link
- Ask upstream if they are interested in maintaining the Snap. If they are:
- Fork the upstream project, add the snap build files and required assets/launchers to that repo and submit a pull request or patch - link
- Add upstream contact information to the
README.md
- If upstream accept the PR:
- Request upstream create a Snap store account
- Add upstream account as a collaborator on the snap
- Contact the Snap Advocacy team to request the snap be transferred to upstream
If you have any questions, post in the Snapcraft forum.