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
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[FFe] Switch gnome-shell to use gnome-bluetooth3
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