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Snapcraft is a delightful packaging tool. With it you can make free software projects easy to install and update in many Linux distributions. More info: https://snapcraft.io/

We have a team call snapcrafters. They package, publish and maintain interesting free software projects in the snaps store. This task consists on getting a snap for a project written in ruby published in the store.

For this task, you need to have Ubuntu 16.04: https://bit.ly/ugciubuntu For this task, you need to know:

• github: https://bit.ly/ugcigithub
• command line: https://bit.ly/ugcicli (just the free sections)
• git: https://bit.ly/ugcigit (just the free sections)
• snapcraft: https://bit.ly/ugcisnapcraft
• ruby: https://bit.ly/ugciruby

Steps:

• Join the #ubuntu-google IRC chatroom: https://bit.ly/ugcichat
• Say hi to elopio, kyrofa, sergiusens, popey flexiondotorg.
• Read https://docs.snapcraft.io/build-snaps/ruby
• Choose a project written in ruby to snap. We maintain a comprehensive list of projects that would make good snaps: https://bit.ly/ugcicandidates Ask elopio for guidance on which one to choose. Ideally, the first one should be not too complicated, and it should a project that piques your interest and that's fun to maintain.
• Join the snapcrafters team by replying here: https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/join-snapcrafters/1325
• Follow the instructions in https://github.com/snapcrafters/fork-and-rename-me

The ruby plugin for snapcraft is experimental. This task might end finding and reporting a blocker bug