Why the change ?
When Mozilla approached Canonical, they had some clear benefits in mind. Those included:
* Cross-platform support: The snap will run on all distributions that run snapd - now and in the future
* Authenticity: You’re getting Firefox, unadulterated, straight from the source
* Effortless updates: Get security updates from Mozilla, fast
* Less time on maintenance, more time for features: Community developers can focus on innovation, instead of being mired in support
Et plus loin :
Didn’t you do this before? Yes. Kind of, with the transition to the Chromium snap a few years ago. [...]. However, that decision was all us, for maintenance reasons. This time around, for Firefox, it’s a coordinated effort between Mozilla and Ubuntu.
[^] # Re: Firefox est bien disponible en paquet Debian jusqu'à la version Ubuntu 21.10
Posté par bbo . En réponse au journal utiliser ubuntu sans snap. Évalué à 4.
Pour le cas spécifique de Firefox, il me parait intéressant de noter que la transition snap a été lancée à la demande de Mozilla.
Vu sur discourse.ubuntu.com :
Et plus loin :