release-notes-snapcraft-4-5-1

The team behind Snapcraft is pleased to announce the release of Snapcraft 4.5.1.

Highlights for this release include:

• more improvements for using python3.8 from within a snap

• allow revoking validation assertions

• experimental notice for compression has been removed

• SDK snap paths in ACLOCAL_PATH are now included

For general details, including installation instructions, see Snapcraft overview, or take a look at Snapcraft release notes for other Snapcraft releases.

Full list of changes

The issues and features worked on for Snapcraft 4.5 are reflected in the following change list:

[details=List of changes for Snapcraft 4.5.1]

• More improvements for using python3.8 from within a snap @kenvandine (#3430)

• Allow revoking validation assertions (LP: #1912332) @nessita (#3433)

• spread tests: remove legacy plugin tests @cjp256 (#3432)

• godeps spread test: use latest/stable go snap @cjp256 (#3431)

• plugins v1: Pin pip to supported versions @philroche (#3428)

• cli: remove experimental notice for compression @cjp256 (#3421)

• Ensure PYTHONPATH is appropriate for building packages with gnome-3-38 @kenvandine (#3424)

• Ensure PYTHONPATH is properly set for gnome-3-34 builds @kenvandine (#3426)

• Revert “cli: allow validation assertions to be revoked (#3417)” @sergiusens (#3422)

• Include SDK snap paths in ACLOCAL_PATH @kenvandine (#3419)

• plainbox spread tests: set tasks to manual @cjp256 (#3420) [/details]