Desktop snap package for electron-builder fails

[cmdcolin]

see failed release of linux snap build here https://github.com/GMOD/jbrowse-components/actions/runs/8164836622/job/22320895938

something in electron-builder changed the config to publish to the snap store by default. snap store is interesting and could be tried but we do not do this now

related to a change in electron-builder dentified by @garrettjstevens and myself here electron-userland/electron-builder#7908

would require deep dive to try to fix

since the appimage is successfully uploaded to the release page of github, we can just cut a release...

[cmdcolin]

since the release logs are purged after a couple weeks here is a copy

2024-03-06T00:18:09.4219806Z   • electron-builder  version=24.13.3 os=6.5.0-1015-azure
2024-03-06T00:18:09.4273029Z   • loaded configuration  file=package.json ("build" field)
2024-03-06T00:18:09.6102692Z   • packaging       platform=linux arch=x64 electron=29.1.0 appOutDir=dist/linux-unpacked
2024-03-06T00:18:09.7907451Z   • downloading     url=https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/download/v29.1.0/electron-v29.1.0-linux-x64.zip size=103 MB parts=8
2024-03-06T00:18:10.1508811Z   • downloaded      url=https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/download/v29.1.0/electron-v29.1.0-linux-x64.zip duration=534ms
2024-03-06T00:18:24.3601969Z   • skipping "afterSign" hook as no signing occurred, perhaps you intended "afterPack"?
2024-03-06T00:18:24.3607236Z   • building        target=snap arch=x64 file=dist/jbrowse-desktop-v2.10.3-linux.snap
2024-03-06T00:18:24.3609855Z   • building        target=AppImage arch=x64 file=dist/jbrowse-desktop-v2.10.3-linux.AppImage
2024-03-06T00:18:24.6210341Z   • downloading     url=https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder-binaries/releases/download/appimage-12.0.1/appimage-12.0.1.7z size=1.6 MB parts=1
2024-03-06T00:18:24.7360622Z   • downloaded      url=https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder-binaries/releases/download/appimage-12.0.1/appimage-12.0.1.7z duration=364ms
2024-03-06T00:18:25.1396644Z   • downloading     url=https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder-binaries/releases/download/snap-template-4.0-2/snap-template-electron-4.0-2-amd64.tar.7z size=1.5 MB parts=1
2024-03-06T00:18:25.2494060Z   • downloaded      url=https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder-binaries/releases/download/snap-template-4.0-2/snap-template-electron-4.0-2-amd64.tar.7z duration=324ms
2024-03-06T00:18:45.6500142Z   • publishing      publisher=Github (owner: GMOD, project: jbrowse-components, version: 2.10.3)
2024-03-06T00:18:45.6519156Z   • uploading       file=jbrowse-desktop-v2.10.3-linux.AppImage provider=github
2024-03-06T00:19:06.0738775Z   • publishing      publisher=Snap Store
2024-03-06T00:19:06.0740178Z   • uploading       file=jbrowse-desktop-v2.10.3-linux.snap provider=snapStore
2024-03-06T00:19:06.0828879Z   ⨯ snapcraft is not installed, please: sudo snap install snapcraft --classic  
2024-03-06T00:19:06.0966400Z   ⨯ /home/runner/work/jbrowse-components/jbrowse-components/node_modules/app-builder-bin/linux/x64/app-builder process failed ERR_ELECTRON_BUILDER_CANNOT_EXECUTE
2024-03-06T00:19:06.0969784Z Exit code:
2024-03-06T00:19:06.1031630Z 1  failedTask=build stackTrace=Error: /home/runner/work/jbrowse-components/jbrowse-components/node_modules/app-builder-bin/linux/x64/app-builder process failed ERR_ELECTRON_BUILDER_CANNOT_EXECUTE
2024-03-06T00:19:06.1033738Z Exit code:
2024-03-06T00:19:06.1034257Z 1
2024-03-06T00:19:06.1035956Z     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/home/runner/work/jbrowse-components/jbrowse-components/node_modules/builder-util/src/util.ts:252:14)
2024-03-06T00:19:06.1037560Z     at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:633:26)
2024-03-06T00:19:06.1038575Z     at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:518:28)
2024-03-06T00:19:06.1039579Z     at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1105:16)
2024-03-06T00:19:06.1040726Z     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:305:5)
2024-03-06T00:19:06.1260795Z error Command failed with exit code 1.
2024-03-06T00:19:06.1262339Z info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.
2024-03-06T00:19:06.1374586Z ##[error]Process completed with exit code 1.
2024-03-06T00:19:06.1466482Z Post job cleanup.
2024-03-06T00:19:06.2192181Z [command]/usr/bin/git version

[cmdcolin]

still fails