Star developper request: Dadu042

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I translate(d) many open sources softwares to french, including Ubuntu (desktop and app center) since 2024 on Weblate. Before 2024 my hobby was to help Codeweavers Crossover to test/run Windows games, and before that with Playonlinux.

I have currently 39 snaps. I target old softwares that may not publish new updates, and started by old games thinking it would be easier (I’m a bit wrong because of 32bits, and 3D GPU requirements complexity). I started learning snapcraft in july 2024.

Being (mainly) a Xubuntu user since more than 10 years, the App Center (released in 2024) hit my curiosity about how Snaps work. I tought the apps number is low and wanted to improve it by “saving” old games/apps.

I don’t have Github active account because I am not a coder (I did in the early 1990’s: Atari ST, PC ).

Some of my snaps are not 100% fine (~ 5 does only run on Nvidia GPUs) because I have trouble making some snaps running with Intel/AMD Vulkan GPUs. I also have 2 or 3 snaps not released because these use absolute paths that I don’t know how to workaround.

By requesting the "Star developper " status, my goal is not the “Star” status :wink: but letting the games/apps I snapped displayable in the App Center, without users having to know these exist and search their name in order to install these.

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It is hard to review your application if you don’t link to the various snaps which you maintain - although I am guessing it is Dadu042 (dadu042) published snaps in the Snap Store - as you say you maintain a lot of snaps but I am a bit concerned about your comment regarding some not working reliably etc - Star Developers are expected to publish high quality snaps. So in this case, if you are aware of major issues, please ensure your snaps are marked as grade: devel and not published the stable channel.

Also as you are a relatively new-comer to snaps it would be good to see a bit more time ‘under-your-belt’ before being granted a status such as Star Developer in my opinion.

As such, I recommend that you keep maintaining your snaps to a high degree of quality and revisit this request in 6 months time or so.

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My snaps with Vulkan issues are: Fit in bed (set as Beta), Bionicle - Masks of power legacy (set as Beta), Floating Sandbox (set as beta), Superbike Xtreme. I hope to fix these with some help.

If I am not allowed to get Star developper status, I would like to have my snaps listed in the App Center.