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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +RFC: RFC |
| 3 | +Author: Travis Plunk (@TravisEz13) |
| 4 | +Status: Final |
| 5 | +Version: 0.1 |
| 6 | +Area: Packaging |
| 7 | +Comments Due: July 15, 2018 |
| 8 | +Plan to implement: Yes |
| 9 | +--- |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +# Snaps of Preview builds |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +We currently have not published any [Snap packages](https://snapcraft.io) of a preview build. There are some significant questions before we do. |
| 14 | +Primarily, do we follow Snap's model of channels or do we have a separate package called `powershell-preview`. |
| 15 | +I propose we have a separate package as it will allow side-by-side installation with the stable Snap and will be consistent with our Linux package names. |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +## Motivation |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +Snaps are easy to use and having a Snap of the preview would allow people to adopt the preview across a wide variety of platforms. |
| 20 | +We want to design the preview Snap in a way that allows for the preview Snap to be installed easily without losing access to the stable version of PowerShell. |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +## Specification |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +* There shall be two Snap packages available: |
| 25 | + * Stable: a production-ready, supported build, called `powershell`. |
| 26 | + * Preview: an unsupported build that may contain incomplete new features and high-impact bugs, |
| 27 | + and should therefore not be used in production, called `powershell-preview`. Our hope is that the development process ensures that every build is stable and high quality. |
| 28 | +* Aliases |
| 29 | + * Stable package: `pwsh` |
| 30 | + * Preview package: `pwsh-preview` |
| 31 | +* Snap channels |
| 32 | + * Stable package: Will always use the `stable` channel, because it is stable. |
| 33 | + * Preview package: Will always use the `stable` channel, because the package name and version indicates the quality. |
| 34 | + * Alternative: Preview builds could use the `edge` channel, and release candidates could use the `candidate` channel. |
| 35 | + This would mean you would always have to use the one of the following commands to install `sudo snap install powershell-preview --edge --classic` or `sudo snap install powershell-preview --candidate --classic` |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +## Alternate Considerations and Proposals |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +### Use Snap's model of channels |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +The main dis-advantage here is that preview builds cannot be install side-by-side with a stable build (at least with Snap alone). Snap does allow you to switch between things you have downloaded fairly quickly so this is not fatal. |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +* There shall be one Snap package available: |
| 44 | + * Called `powershell`. |
| 45 | +* Alias |
| 46 | + * `pwsh` |
| 47 | +* Snap channels |
| 48 | + * Stable builds would be published to the stable channel and installed using the following command: |
| 49 | + `sudo snap install powershell --classic` |
| 50 | + * Release Candidate builds would be published to the stable channel and installed using the following command: |
| 51 | + `sudo snap install powershell --classic --candidate` |
| 52 | + * Preview builds would be published to the stable channel and installed using the following command: |
| 53 | + `sudo snap install powershell --classic --edge` |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +## Open Questions |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +--------------- |
| 58 | +## PowerShell Committee Decision |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +### Voting Results |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +Joey Aiello: Accept |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +Bruce Payette: Accept |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +Steve Lee: Absent |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +Hemant Mahawar: Accept |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +Jim Truher: Accept |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +Dongbo Wang: Accept |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | +Kenneth Hansen: Absent |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +### Majority Decision |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +We support side-by-side and want to keep it that way, hence the distinct packages. |
| 79 | +The alias names also make sense given the pattern we set with the existing Linux packages. |
| 80 | + |
| 81 | +### Minority Decision |
| 82 | + |
| 83 | +N/A |
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