Request interface autoconnect for gtkpod

Hi, I made a snap for gtkpod, as I miss being able to sync my iPod from plucky, and getting my old laptop out to use jammy to sync a couple songs to my iPods got tiresome.

I promise to maintain it until it bitrots to dust. Which will be in a few short years time. gtkpod is already removed from noble onward due to anjuta being removed from debian. Snaps seem to be the way forward, since I can keep using core22 for a few more years yet.


  • name: gtkpod
  • description: Manage Songs and Playlists on an Apple iPod
  • snapcraft: gtkpod-snapcraft/snapcraft.yaml at main · matthewruffell/gtkpod-snapcraft · GitHub
  • upstream: GitHub - trinitonesounds/gtkpod: iPod manager
  • upstream-relation: None whatsoever. Upstream is archived, project is on life support. I am making fixes to keep it running.
  • interfaces:
    • mount-observe:
      • request-type: auto-connection
      • reasoning: gtkpod needs to see what devices are connected to the system to find what iPods are connected.
    • removable-media:
      • request-type: auto-connection
      • reasoning: iPods are removable devices, and to sync songs, we need to be able to access and write to removable-media.

gtkpod has functionality where you can click a song and play it, but it is a little broken at the moment, so I won’t request alsa or pulseaudio at the moment. I am hoping audio-playback would be enough.

I just want core functionality, which is to be able to load up an iPod, and sync songs to it. To achieve this, “mount-observe” and “removable-media” is enough.

Hopefully someone else finds my snap useful too, and can use it to sync their iPod.

Thanks, Matthew

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Hello @mruffell!

+1 #voteFor granting auto-connection of these interfaces to snap gtkpod.

+1 #voteFor also from me for granting the requested auto-connections

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