Ubuntu
gnome-control-center package

Inconsistency in naming of "Permissions & Access"

Bug #1867598 reported by Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Triaged
High
Robert Ancell

Bug Description

Steps to reproduce

* Install a snap (such as sosumi)
* Open gnome-control-center
* In Applications section, search for the snap

Outcome

* Note the permissions are listed, some with descriptive text, and some with technical names

Expected outcome

* All permissions should have human-readable text

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.36.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-14.17-generic 5.4.18
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-14-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu20
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Mar 16 09:23:44 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-03-12 (3 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Alpha amd64 (20200312)
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey) wrote :
Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Low
Revision history for this message
Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) wrote :

These interfaces have been added since snap support was added to the panel:
accounts-service
adb-support
appstream-metadata
audio-playback
audio-record
autopilot-introspection
avahi-control
block-devices
bool-file
broadcom-asic-control
browser-support
calendar-service
can-bus
cifs-mount
classic-support
contacts-service
core-support
cpu-control
daemon-notify
dbus
dcdbas-control
device-buttons
display-control
docker-support
dummy
dvb
framebuffer
gpg-keys
gpg-public-keys
gpio
gpio-control
gpio-memory-control
greengrass-support
hidraw
hostname-control
i2c
iio
intel-mei
io-ports-control
jack1
juju-client-observe
kernel-module-control
kernel-module-observe
kubernetes-support
kvm
login-session-control
login-session-observe
lxd-support
maliit
multipass-support
netlink-audit
netlink-connector
network-bind
network-manager-observe
network-status
online-accounts-service
opengl
openvswitch-support
packagekit-control
personal-files
physical-memory-control
physical-memory-observe
raw-volume
screencast-legacy
spi
ssh-keys
ssh-public-keys
system-backup
system-files
thumbnailer-service
tpm
ubuntu-download-manager
uhid
uio

Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
importance: Low → High
Revision history for this message
Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) wrote :

Added a discussion on the forum about how we should best solve this:
https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/snap-interface-metadata-i-e-descriptions/16077

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