Public bug reported: Why It's Needed --------------- This will fix LP: #1738838
gnome-shell 42 stable release updates for Ubuntu 22.04 will be easier since we don't have to revert all the bluetooth-related commits. Why, More Details ----------------- GNOME Shell 42 uses API from the new gnome-bluetooth library to fix LP: #1738838 The API changes were not practical to forward-port (switch to a new GListModel API). Ubuntu's gnome-shell packaging had to revert ~6 commits to keep using the older gnome-bluetooth library, which is more awkward to maintain. Because of how GNOME Shell extensions work, if an extension tries to modify the bluetooth part of the system status menu in the top right corner of the screen, the extension may not work because Ubuntu's GNOME Shell 42 is different than what every other distro provides. I assess this concern as very low since extensions are "use at your own risk" and there aren't many working bluetooth extensions. The new gnome-bluetooth3 series has an expanded build test suite and has received lots of fixes that won't be ported to the older gnome-bluetooth series. Why It Wasn't Done Before ------------------------- We needed to get a MIR to allow gnome-bluetooth3 in to main while the old gnome-bluetooth is still in main. See https://launchpad.net/bugs/1964600 . Sorry this is a bit late. Still about a week before Final Freeze to revert these changes is issues are identified but we're feeling confident this will be a worthwhile improvement. Other Change ------------ If this FFE is approved, we'd like to go ahead and drop the gir package built by the old gnome-bluetooth since nothing is using it. It is believed that gnome-shell is the only user of the gnome-bluetooth gir bindings. ** Affects: gnome-bluetooth (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: jammy ** Description changed: Why It's Needed --------------- This will fix LP: #1738838 gnome-shell 42 stable release updates for Ubuntu 22.04 will be easier since we don't have to revert all the bluetooth-related commits. Why, More Details ----------------- GNOME Shell 42 uses API from the new gnome-bluetooth library to fix LP: #1738838 The API changes were not practical to forward-port (switch to a new GListModel API). Ubuntu's gnome-shell packaging had to revert ~6 commits to keep using the older gnome-bluetooth library, which is more awkward to maintain. Because of how GNOME Shell extensions work, if an extension tries to modify the bluetooth part of the system status menu in the top right corner of the screen, the extension may not work because Ubuntu's GNOME Shell 42 is different than what every other distro provides. I assess this concern as very low since extensions are "use at your own risk" and there aren't many working bluetooth extensions. + The new gnome-bluetooth3 series has an expanded build test suite and has + received lots of fixes that won't be ported to the older gnome-bluetooth + series. + Why It Wasn't Done Before ------------------------- We needed to get a MIR to allow gnome-bluetooth3 in to main while the old gnome-bluetooth is still in main. See https://launchpad.net/bugs/1964600 . - Sorry this is a bit late. + Sorry this is a bit late. Still about a week before Final Freeze to + revert these changes is issues are identified but we're feeling + confident this will be a worthwhile improvement. Other Change ------------ If this FFE is approved, we'd like to go ahead and drop the gir package built by the old gnome-bluetooth since nothing is using it. It is believed that gnome-shell is the only user of the gnome-bluetooth gir bindings. ** Package changed: gnome-bluetooth3 (Ubuntu) => gnome-bluetooth (Ubuntu) ** Also affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-bluetooth in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1968364 Title: [FFe] Switch gnome-shell to use gnome-bluetooth3 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-bluetooth/+bug/1968364/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
