Classic confinement request for mpwshell

[rhubarb-geek-nz]

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• name: mpwshell
• description: Simple GUI wrapper for PowerShell
• snapcraft: mpwshell-snapcraft/snap/snapcraft.yaml at main · rhubarb-geek-nz/mpwshell-snapcraft · GitHub
• upstream: GitHub - rhubarb-geek-nz/MPWShell: Motivated Power Shell - text editor with embedded scripting engine · GitHub
• upstream-relation: my own project
• supported-category: my research says you cannot execute programs outside of your snap
• reasoning: my research says you cannot execute programs outside of your snap, the program runs ‘pwsh’ and acts as a simple GUI/frontend.

I understand that contained it preferred, my other two snaps are contained. I don’t know what interfaces support what I am trying to do, if there are any please advise.

[store-requests-bot]

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[ogra]

Please read:

Reviewing classic confinement snaps

You will need to add a supported category from the list on that page to your request.

[rhubarb-geek-nz]

Among the supported categories

1. IDEs - it is a very light-weight IDE in that it provides a GUI front end to PowerShell
2. terminal emulators, multiplexers and shells - it provides a GUI for multiple sessions onto the same PowerShell process

The total sum of its behaviour is

1. acting as a simple GUI text editor
2. allowing executing of scripts through PowerShell

Thanks

[pepeline]

This is a Snap Store classic confinement request for mpwshell, a PowerShell GUI wrapper. The developer is requesting classic access because strict confinement prevents the app from executing external programs like pwsh on the host system, and they are asking reviewers to suggest alternative interfaces if any exist.

[shishirsub10]

Hi @rhubarb-geek-nz,

Classic confinement is a sensitive matter and it is reserved for mature, well-known applications published by mature, well-known entities. As of today, I believe that mpwshell doesn’t meet this criteria because of the following reasons:

• The project seems to be very fresh, according to the upstream repository
• The projects seems to have little/none community around according to upstream repository (contributors, issues, PRs, etc.)
• I could not find evidences that the project has a strong enough user base currently

That is why I can not move ahead with your request.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

[rhubarb-geek-nz]

If there any existing interface that permits (a) execution of a program (b) execution of a program from a predefined list (c) execution of a snap (d) execution of a snap from a predefined list?

I do not wish it to be a classic app, all I want is it to be able to execute an existing snap, namely powershell.

[shishirsub10]

@rhubarb-geek-nz If the applications/snaps that mypwshell is supposed to run are known at build time, you can bundle them inside your snap.

[rhubarb-geek-nz]

That is not practical. The app I want to run is a classic app which can already run any other program, if I package it in my app I then end up with a crippled shell which can’t do its job.

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[shishirsub10]

Hi @rhubarb-geek-nz,

I understand the technical justification on why mpwshell needs classic but due to the reasons presented above, I am unable to move ahead with this request.

Sorry for the inconvenience.