Ubuntu Desktop Team Priorities

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The forum doesn’t seem to let me edit the initial post any more for some reason, so here is an update on the progress so far:

  • Polkit support was merged and cherry picked into the 2.28 branch, so once that release is available it will no longer be necessary to create an Ubuntu One account to install snaps. Like the command line, you will require a store account for more advanced operations like purchasing paid snaps.

  • Host font support was merged to master, and should make it into the 2.29 release. This should be available automatically to all snaps using the new desktop interface, exposing host system fonts from /usr/share/fonts and /usr/local/share/fonts to the sandbox, along with the associated fontconfig cache files.

My own personal goals going forward are to try and build a solution to the themeing problem, and have another run at portals.

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