Man this is so far off being ready, just tried to build a really simple package, htop. Failz :o
BTW this is the complete list of snap packages available so far...
Code:
jerry@jerry-VirtualBox:~$ snap find
Name Version Developer Notes Summary
ab 1.0 snappy-test - Test snap with shortest name
audovia 3.2.2 songbuilder 9.99USD Database application for making music using JFugue MusicStrings
beagleblack 3.1 mvo - OEM Beagle Bone Black
canonical-dragon 0.7.1 canonical - The gadget snap for the dragonboard
canonical-i386 3.2.i386 canonical - The gadget snap for generic i386 systems
canonical-pc 3.2 canonical - AMD64 generic package
canonical-pc-linux 4.4.0-21+20160420.05-05 canonical - The ubuntu-core kernel snap
canonical-pi2 3.2 canonical - Raspberry Pi 2 support package
eeevil 1 chipaca - very evil
go-example-webserver 16.04-6 canonical - Minimal Golang webserver for snappy
gucharmap-udt 9.0.git canonical - Unicode character picker and font browser
hello 2.10 canonical - GNU Hello, the "hello world" snap
hello-unity 0.4-snap7 mhall119 - Unity APIs demonstration tool
hello-world 6.1 canonical - Hello world example
htop 2.0.1 maxiberta - Interactive processes viewer
http 4.6692016091 chipaca - HTTPie in a snap
littlewatcher 0.6 littlewatcher - Client for a distributed monitoring network
morse-converter-py 1-2 brunonova - Simple command-line Morse converter
nextcloud 9.0.50snap1 canonical - Nextcloud Server
owncloud 9.0.1ubuntu2 canonical - Access your data from all your devices, on an open platform you can extend and modify.
shadowsocks 2.8.2-2 anthonywong - A fast tunnel proxy that helps you bypass firewalls
snappy-debug 0.21 canonical - Debug tools for ubuntu-core
sudo 1 chipaca - not sudo
tor-middle-relay 0.2.7.6-10 chadmiller - Essential infrastructure node for Tor network
ubuntu-core 16.04+20160531.11-55 canonical - The ubuntu-core OS snap
ufw 0.36pre-16.2 canonical - ufw (Uncomplicated Firewall) for Ubuntu Core
webdm 0.18 canonical - # Snappyd
xkcd-webserver 16.04-6 canonical - Show random XKCD compic via a build-in webserver
jerry@jerry-VirtualBox:~$
Yeah, OK thanks. I thought it was much further along based on news item. Sounds like it's more a marketing pitch, perhaps by Cononical to try to persuade others into adopting it.