Thibaut

> Can you document the exact specification for how a string is to be interpreted compared to a list of strings? The file `doc/reference/text.md` should be updated as well as...

`fn` is easy to type and a familiar abbreviation. I don't even know how to create a λ character on a German or English keyboard. Any other easy to type...

> What are the benefits? * Snap packages contain all dependencies. Therefore a once build snap can run forever on a system that supports snap packages (unlike the current .deb...

The Ubuntu phone is switching to snap in the coming months. There is already a [server/cloud snap-only version](https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/snappy/start/) of Ubuntu and the desktop is currently in the work and [looks...

> I was thinking of another situation. Suppose a vulnerability is found in one of the libraries we depend on. It's the same as with mobile apps. If a lib...

> So in response, Snap takes away the very ability to update. The current situation is on a non rolling-release distributions that the user has almost always an outdated application...

Great, thanks. I think the best is to put all snap related files into it's own directory, with it's own .gitignore and README.md. > I saw mention of AppArmor and...

For the Launchpad account, it might be the easiest to create a new one and have my stuff and Newsbeuter separated. My [work-in-progress snap branch](https://github.com/thibran/newsbeuter/tree/snap/snap) using current master. ... and...

> Setting LANG to empty string doesn't seem right to me... Why are you even doing that? If I don't set `LANG=""` in [launcher.sh](https://github.com/thibran/newsbeuter/blob/snap/snap/launcher.sh) I get `setlocal failed: No such...

> Just to be sure: you meant setlocale, right? Ups, yes. `LANG="C.UTF-8"` works. I try to understand what is happening and how to get things right. If `locale` can't find...