What does this talk about snap for U 18.04 mean for UM?

[Bill_MI]

Hi @Nope, Based on this thread from the Project Leader, I would guess Ubuntu-Mate will be in full swing with snaps:

I'm at the Ubuntu Snappy Sprint

I’ve taken a week off work to attend the Snappy Sprint taking place in Heidelberg, Germany. This is an internal Canonical development sprint that I have been invited to attend. I’m here representing MATE Desktop and Ubuntu MATE. We have a voice in the road to Snaps and we’ve got representation from the outset. I’m looking forward to working with the Ubuntu engineering teams over the next week and seeing how snaps can feature in our retrospective future. If anyone here has questions about Snaps…