Snap package for testing

[Jesse DuBord]

I think this is the beginnings of greatness. Installing as I write this 
reply. Thanks so much JB! Hopefully, at least, from my understanding of 
snaps, it should offer less time focusing on packaging and possibly 
simplifying things on your end, yeah?

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>     1. Snap package for testing (Jean-Baptiste Mardelle)
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> Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2016 21:38:46 +0200
> From: Jean-Baptiste Mardelle <jb at kdenlive.org>
> To: <kdenlive at kde.org>
> Subject: Snap package for testing
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> Hi all,
>
> I just made my Kdenlive snap package available. I am interested in feedback
> so for those who want to give it a try, you will find the install
> instructions below.
>
> The snap package contains the latest development versions (git master) of
> MLT, Frei0r, vid.stab, OpenCV and Kdenlive.
>
> Since some issues remain to be fixed in the snap packaging format, the
> package is in "development mode" which means it is not listed on the Ubuntu
> Store and you need to pass a special flag to install it.
>
> "Development mode" means that the package has full access to your system
> like any normal application and does not run in the contained environment
> provided by the snap format.
>
> You can install the package on supported distributions using the following
> command:
>
> sudo snap install --edge --force-dangerous --devmode kdenlive-devel
>
> The "force-dangerous" flag is required because the package is in devmode.
> The snap application can be started from the terminal with
> "kdenlive-devel". You can remove it with:
>
> sudo snap remove kdenlive-devel
>
> This installation does not touch your system's libraries or installed
> versions of Kdenlive, MLT or Frei0r so it nice to test the latest git.
>
> This is currently in test, so I don't want to spread it too much until we
> have more feedback.
>
> regards
> jb
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2016 22:54:11 -0300
> From: farid abdelnour <snd.noise at gmail.com>
> To: kdenlive <kdenlive at kde.org>
> Subject: Re: Snap package for testing
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>
> Hi JB
>
> Thanks for your effort!
>
> So trying to install in archlinux and success:
>
> kdenlive-devel (edge) master from 'j-b-m' installed
>
> =)
>
> snap run kdenlive-devel
> starting script
>
> /snap/kdenlive-devel/4
> testing kdenlive --------------------
>
>
> (process:12276): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
>      Using the fallback 'C' locale.
> Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
> Qt: Session management error: None of the authentication protocols
> specified are supported
> Non KDE Desktop detected, forcing Breeze icon theme
> No LADSPA plugins were found!
>
> Check your LADSPA_PATH environment variable.
>
>
> Some issues so far:
>
> * So far it failed to create the ffmpegthumbnails using MLT.
> * The breeze theme is missing and only a white mode is available.
>
> I tried to test it further but i'm away from my workstation using an old
> laptop. Hopefully next week i can give it a go again.
>
> Cheers!
>
>
>
>
>
> 2016-10-06 16:38 GMT-03:00 Jean-Baptiste Mardelle <jb at kdenlive.org>:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I just made my Kdenlive snap package available. I am interested in
>> feedback so for those who want to give it a try, you will find the install
>> instructions below.
>>
>> The snap package contains the latest development versions (git master) of
>> MLT, Frei0r, vid.stab, OpenCV and Kdenlive.
>>
>> Since some issues remain to be fixed in the snap packaging format, the
>> package is in "development mode" which means it is not listed on the Ubuntu
>> Store and you need to pass a special flag to install it.
>>
>> "Development mode" means that the package has full access to your system
>> like any normal application and does not run in the contained environment
>> provided by the snap format.
>>
>> You can install the package on supported distributions using the following
>> command:
>>
>> sudo snap install --edge --force-dangerous --devmode kdenlive-devel
>>
>> The "force-dangerous" flag is required because the package is in devmode.
>> The snap application can be started from the terminal with
>> "kdenlive-devel". You can remove it with:
>>
>> sudo snap remove kdenlive-devel
>>
>> This installation does not touch your system's libraries or installed
>> versions of Kdenlive, MLT or Frei0r so it nice to test the latest git.
>>
>> This is currently in test, so I don't want to spread it too much until we
>> have more feedback.
>>
>> regards
>> jb
>>
>>
>>
>