Thank you for your request. Due note that your statement “Evidence is that users don’t understand the snap removable-media interface concept and that manual action and reading Linux specific documentation is needed to connect the snap.” is not a reason in and of itself for auto-connection.
That said, after several discussions between snapd architects, security, advocacy and other reviewers, we’ve updated our removable-media criteria in our processes.
Applying the new criteria to this request, netron does not directly fit into one of the known categories (eg, browsers, media player, editor, recorder), but it is a ‘visualizer’ and therefore in the spirit of a ‘media player/viewer’ so I think we can consider these additional points from our process:
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the following criteria will also be considered:
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the application itself is a mature, well-known application
the application appears to be about 3 years old - the snap’s (vetted) publisher is a mature, well-known entity
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the snap’s (vetted) publisher is the upstream of the software
the publisher appears to be the upstream author - if the snap is published by someone other than upstream, the publisher must be vetted and either be an established committer to the upstream or the wider snap ecosystem (eg, an established well-known contributor to the software itself, a member of the snapcrafters group, etc)
I believe that since the publisher is the author and the sofware is not brand new, it fits all the criteria.
@reviewers, considering our updated processes for removable-media, can others please vote?
(note, if the votes are in the affirmative, there will be an additional vetting step by @advocacy)