The development of Ubuntu 17.10 continues, although there are few reports about bugs in the new version. Currently, the development of snap packages, universal packages that will be present in future versions of Ubuntu.
These snap packages are finished, but it is true that many programs and applications are not available in this format. So Ubuntu and Canonical are working with various projects to convert all their software to this format. The main objective in this aspect is pass Gnome completely to snap format.
Gnome snap packages will allow you to create smaller apps by sharing files with Gnome packages
Interest in Gnome is logical and important since according to Will Cooke, one of the project leaders, this will allow all other snap packages that are based on or use Gnome components to be smaller and lighter which they are currently. Thus, Gnome's portability to snap format will be a great incentive for developers who will have fewer files to port as well as create smaller and lighter packages.
Currently there are many Gnome programs and libraries that have been ported to the snap format but there are still many programs that have to be carried out. And fortunately there are few that we find that have problems to function. Something that will make the development and use of snap packages more popular among Gnu / Linux distributions.
I personally believe that the use of small snap packets is not as important as the spread of the format. There was a time when Ubuntu was going to be on mobiles, tables and other mobile devices. At that time it was important to have a small package format because the devices had little internal storage. But now it seems that it will not. This is why developers may want to focus on encouraging the creation and use of snap packages. In any case, if we have a problem, we can always go to the packages in flatpak format or maybe not?