snap-store declares support for application/vnd.flatpak.ref but doesn't actually support them
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| snap-store-desktop |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Ken VanDine | ||
Bug Description
Steps to reproduce:
1. Go to https:/
2. Click Install
Expected behavior:
- the downloaded flatpakref file gets opened by some app that can install flatpaks on my system
Actual behavior:
- the downloaded flatpakref gets opened by snap-store (confusingly calling itself "Ubuntu Software"), which says "Couldn't install: unsupported" (I'm translating back from lt_LT)
This is not user friendly.
I think this is because /snap/snap-
(There's also /snap/snap-
| Marius Gedminas (mgedmin) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in snap-store: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| Changed in snap-store: | |
| assignee: | nobody → Ken VanDine (ken-vandine) |
| Changed in snap-store: | |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
| Changed in snap-store: | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
I should probably mention that I'm on Ubuntu 20.04. (I got used to ubuntu-bug adding this sort of information for me usually, but I filed this bug by clicking the Contact link in 'snap info snap-store'.)