snapcraft

As far as I can tell, snapcraft[0], the tool that allows the creation of snaps is open-source and on github. However the hosting server-side code is closed source. [0]: https://github.com/snapcore/snapcraft

Am I missing something isn't https://github.com/snapcore/snapcraft and https://github.com/snapcore/snapd Free Software under the GPL3. I had seen some discussion before about the server not being open source but I can clearly see the store api there. I'm just looking at the code now and haven't taken any time in testing it out for myself yet. Regarding debian packages and apt as we have seen with the amount of PPAs, there really has to be some solution for that. I like the snap format I believe it's heading in the right direction. It still has some problems with desktop software but that seems to be addressed as it has progressed. There is this strange cold war between Red Hat and Canonical and Red Had seem to have most of the NIH problems if you look at the history. I really don't think Red Hat or some of it's developers possible like re

Snapcraft (https://snapcraft.io) | Senior Software Engineer | REMOTE | Full time The Snapcraft team at Canonical (Ubuntu) are trying to make it easy to deliver app updates to all Linux-based cloud, IoT, and desktop systems safely (confinement, rollbacks) and automatically. We're motivated by making developers' lives easier. We want to see people spend time on what makes their app unique and interesting, not on packaging. We also understand that developers currently face an impossible choice between few updates to lower the risk of breakage and frequent updates to lower the risk of compromise. The open position is for a Senior Software Engineer. We want someone with years of war stories building developer tools to help re-architect the core of Snapcraft (https://github.com/snapcore/snapcraft). It needs to integrate deep into Python, Node,

Canonical | Senior Software Engineer | Remote | Full time Snapcraft (https://snapcraft.io, https://github.com/snapcore/snapcraft) makes it possible to deliver app updates to all of Linux automatically, eliminating the long tail of supported releases and complex install instructions. I am looking for a senior software engineer with background in developer tools to join our globally-distributed, home-based team. More at https://boards.greenhouse.io/canonical/jobs/1067097