* chore(release): add snap-promote workflow for gated stable releases
Issue #783 option 2 (safer): v* tags keep auto-publishing the snap to
edge + candidate in release.yml, and latest/stable is promoted by a
manual snap-promote.yml dispatch after candidate QA.
The dispatch resolves the revision on latest/candidate and refuses to
promote unless its version matches the tag, so a typo or stale candidate
fails the run instead of shipping the wrong revision. Declaring the
snap-stable environment with required reviewers adds an approval gate
on top of the dispatch.
Fixes#783
* fix(ci): serialize snap promotions and re-verify candidate
awk used the gawk-only \S which mawk reads literally, so the latest-track candidate row never matched. The promote step also trusted a revision resolved minutes earlier, letting an overlapping promotion downgrade stable. Serializes dispatches and re-resolves the candidate right before release.
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Co-authored-by: Jatin K Malik <jatinkrmalik@gmail.com>
Snap confinement denies /proc/bus/input/devices unless hardware-observe
is connected. Declare the plug, tell users to connect it next to
raw-input, and update the in-app hints.
Fixes#857
* fix(release): attach the snap to GitHub Releases
v0.17.0 packed the snap, then Store review of uinput failed the job, so
the file never reached the tag. Build and attach first. A Store hold is
a warning, not a failed release. SHA256SUMS covers the .snap.
snap-backfill.yml rebuilds an existing tag, appends the snap to the
manifest, and attests only that file.
* fix(release): keep snap tags out of the shell and fail real Store errors
Pass the tag through the environment like verify-release.yml. Treat only
an allow-installation review as a successful Store publish. snap-backfill
runs verify_release.py after it rewrites SHA256SUMS.
* style(test): format snap-backfill shell-injection guard with black
Minor on the stable line. Faster Whisper and Parakeet extras, Speech Model simple setup, Snap uinput, Flatpak bundles on the tag, and QA fixes from the release branch.
Fixes tracked in the PR. Post-release follow-ups: #834.
* fix(snap): inject into native Wayland apps via ydotool
Edge rev 7 only ships wtype and xdotool. GNOME rejects the virtual
keyboard protocol, so the snap falls back to xdotool and types only
into XWayland windows. Native GTK/Qt apps get nothing.
Stage ydotool, request the uinput plug, and prefer ydotool when wtype
is rejected. Distro ydotool 0.1.x still needs a writable /dev/uinput;
log `snap connect vocalinux:uinput` when the Snap cannot open it.
* docs(snap): v0.16.2 edge has no uinput plug
The store snap (0.16.2, latest/edge rev 7) does not declare uinput.
`sudo snap connect vocalinux:uinput` fails with "has no plug named
uinput" and dictation only reaches XWayland apps. Spell that out in
README, INSTALL, UPDATE, the website changelog, and the store copy so
people do not run the 0.17 connect command against rev 7.
* docs(snap): drop the unconfirmed 0.17 version from uinput notes
Greptile P2: the tree is still 0.16.2 and the release process does not
name the next tag. Tell people to refresh until `snap info` lists the
uinput plug, instead of waiting on a version we have not cut.
core24 desktop-launch rebuilds gdk-pixbuf-loaders.cache from the first
LD_LIBRARY_PATH directory that ends in the arch triplet. Stage-packages
drop a gdk-pixbuf tree without libpixbufloader_svg.so at
$SNAP/usr/lib/<triplet>, ahead of gnome-platform, so About-page SVGs
fail with "Image type svg is not supported".
Fixes the same core24 GTK3 gap documented at:
https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/missing-svg-support-for-gtk3-in-core24/48851
* feat(snap): add Snap packaging recipe and store publish strategy
Add a strict-confinement snapcraft.yaml aligned with the current app
version and Flatpak sandbox lessons (mic, desktop, network models,
xdotool/xsel injection). Document human-only Snap Store steps and mark
install docs as not published yet.
Refs #48
* fix(snap): adopt-info so craftctl can set version from version.py
snapcraft pack failed: craftctl set version requires adopt-info on the part.
* fix(snap): stop staging GTK/GLib over the gnome platform
Prepending snap-staged GI typelibs and lib paths caused a segfault on
from gi.repository import Gtk. Use platform AppIndicator/GTK and only
stage PortAudio plus xdotool/clipboard helpers.
* docs(snap): note platform GTK path to avoid GI segfault
* fix(snap): route ALSA through Pulse so Settings does not abort
PortAudio enumerates ALSA devices when Settings opens. Missing
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf inside the snap triggered a PortAudio assert.
Ship an asound.conf that uses the pulse plugin, stage libasound2-plugins,
and bind ALSA paths via layout.
* fix(snap): keep ALSA conf under snap/local for snapcraft
Move asound.conf out of snap/alsa so snapcraft stops warning about
non-snapcraft paths in the snap directory.
* fix(snap): request raw-input for global keyboard shortcuts
Strict confinement blocks /proc/bus/input and /dev/input, so Wayland
evdev hotkeys never start. Declare the raw-input plug (manual connect)
and print snap-specific connect instructions instead of host input-group
hints.
* fix(hotkeys): discover keyboards via evdev when /proc is blocked
Snap raw-input grants /dev/input/event* but still denies
/proc/bus/input/devices, so find_keyboard_devices() returned empty
and hotkeys never started. Fall back to evdev.list_devices() when
/proc cannot be read.
* fix(snap): restore UI sounds and prefer wtype for Wayland inject
Stage paplay (pulseaudio-utils) and wtype; teach audio_feedback about
pw-play/canberra. xdotool-only injection often hits the wrong window on
native Wayland even when it reports success.
* fix(snap): sync 0.16.2/AGPL metadata and AppImage-safe audio env
Align snapcraft fallback version and store metadata with current main
(VocaHQ URLs, AGPL-3.0), keep docs pointing at #48 on VocaHQ, pass
host_env to pw-play/canberra paths, and document ordered Snap Store
human deploy steps.
* test(snap): harden audio host_env unit test against suite pollution
Patch os.path.exists like sibling audio_feedback tests instead of relying
on a real tempfile path that can collide with other suite mocks.
* style(snap): black-format new audio and snap packaging tests
* docs(snap): treat Store listing as live; edge→candidate→stable refresh
Name vocalinux is already on snapcraft.io (edge @ 0.14.0-beta rev 6).
Document upload/release without re-register, add snap-store-refresh.sh
helper, and point INSTALL/README/DISTRO at the live listing.
* fix(snap): move to core24 and close evdev capability FDs
core22 only ships Python 3.10, which fails requires-python >=3.11, so the
snap base is now core24 (Python 3.12) with the gnome-46 platform and the
Ubuntu 24.04 libasound2t64 package. Also close InputDevice after failed
capability scans and annotate the proc parser with TextIO.
* Snap: align store listing metadata and icon
Match snapcraft.yaml summary, description, license, website, and store
icon to the live Snap Store listing.
* Snap: trim packaging docs, script, and unused SVG
Drop store refresh wrapper, long packaging README, duplicate snap/gui SVG, and speculative pw-play/canberra paths; keep recipe and confinement fixes.
* ci: publish snap to edge and candidate on release tags
* Snap: set grade stable for candidate channel CI
* Snap: skip pip PyGObject; use gnome extension GI
