14 DAY TRIAL // Today, January 30, 2017, Canonical, through Michael Vogt, had the pleasure to announce the availability of the snapd 2.22 Snappy daemon for Ubuntu Linux.
Snapd 2.22 comes about 17 days after version 2.21, and it introduces a bunch of new features like support for X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts in desktop files, automatic transition of Snaps from Ubuntu-core to core, support for a new "reload-command" option in snap.yaml, and the ability to disable sshd (SSH daemon) from the core config.
It also improves the OpenGL, network-manager, network-control, and default interfaces, and introduces brand-new ones like unity8-download-manager, core-support, account-control, as well as evolution. Furthermore, Snapd 2.22 attempts to further improve the retry handling on network errors and makes the "snap try" command work with classic confinement.
"One of the most important aspects of this release is that we transition users who have the 'ubuntu-core' snap installed over to the new 'core' snap," said Michael Vogt in the release announcement. "It should be totally transparent, and you will only notice if you look into 'snap changes'. But if you notice any issues, please do let us know!"
Available now in the proposed repos of Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04 and 16.10
Many more bug fixes are shipped with the Snapd 2.22 maintenance release of the Snappy technologies Canonical uses to help application developers distribute their apps across multiple GNU/Linux operating systems, and you can install the new version right now on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 16.10.
Please note that you'll have to enable the proposed (pre-release updates) repositories of the supported Ubuntu Linux distributions mentioned above to install Snapd 2.22, or you can wait a few more days to update via the stable channels. Snapd 2.22 is also available in the Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) repos if you're an early adopter.