Document not to use --edge with the Snap Preview package.

[RokeJulianLockhart]

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Links

https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/PowerShell-Docs/blob/7d34367824fd0711eaf3fb2401671fd08dbc8ffd/reference/docs-conceptual/install/install-other-linux.md#installation-via-snap:~:text=To%20install%20a,PowerShell%0Apwsh-preview

Summary

The aforereferenced URI states:

To install a preview version, use the following method:

# Install PowerShell
sudo snap install powershell-preview --classic

# Start PowerShell
pwsh-preview

However,

sudo snap install powershell-preview --channel=latest/edge --classic

hasn't been updated since https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/tag/v7.4.0, per PowerShell/PowerShell-Snap#100 (comment).

Details

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Suggested Fix

I believe that this discrepancy should be documented, because someone who wants to test the latest version expectedly may choose --edge instead of --stable.

[sdwheeler]

@sdwheeler See reference https://snapcraft.io/docs/channels

[sdwheeler]

@RokeJulianLockhart Yes I meant to. It is for my reference. I need to have internal discussions about this. It was not meant to be an answer for you.

[sdwheeler]

After conferring with the engineering team, we only support the following channels:

powershell

• latest/stable
• lts/stable

powershell-preview

• latest/stable

The other channels should be ignored. I will get this added to the docs.