release-notes-snapcraft-7-3¶

The team behind Snapcraft is pleased to announce the release of Snapcraft 7.3, a major update to the tool used to build snap packages.

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

Plugins¶

Removed experimental flag #3988
New core22 extension for kde-neon , with new content kde-neon and KDE Frameworks (kf5 5.98 and qt 5.15.6) content snaps #3991
Minimum necessary build packages are now being used for the ROS2 Foxy extension (core20) #4019

Disable automatic snap refreshes inside instances
LXD instances launch from a cached base instance rather than a base image. This reduces disk usage and launch time.
For the LXD launch function launched_environment, the parameter use_snapshots has been replaced by use_base_instance. use_snapshots still works but logs a deprecation notice.
Expire and recreate base instances older than 3 months (90 days)
Check for network connectivity after network-related commands fails
Set LXD id maps after launching or copying an instance
Raise BaseConfigurationError for snap refresh failures
Check LXD id map before starting an existing instance. If the id map does not match, the instance will be auto cleaned or an error will be raised.