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PPAs were good for some things, but they require you to package the software as a deb, which is a lot more work than to make a snap. And during the installation

by elopio 10y ago

PPAs were good for some things, but they require you to package the software as a deb, which is a lot more work than to make a snap. And during the installation of a deb coming from a PPA, the user is at risk because it is being installed with root permissions. snaps are much more secure, during installation they are just unpacked into their confined space.

smacktoward 10y ago
Heck, I will be happy if snaps just eliminate having to go back and re-enable all my PPAs by hand after doing a dist-upgrade...
- elopio 10y ago
  Rejoice. The same snap will work in trusty, xenial, yakkety and zesty. You don't have to do anything, and the developer doesn't have to do anything either.
  - chipaca 10y ago
    Darn, saying it like that, you're going to make me blush :-D