[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2007702] Re: Deb version numbering is misleading
** Also affects: chromium-browser (Ubuntu Lunar) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu Lunar) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu Lunar) Assignee: (unassigned) => Nathan Teodosio (nteodosio) ** Patch added: "lunar.diff" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2007702/+attachment/5722269/+files/lunar.diff ** Patch added: "mantic.diff" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2007702/+attachment/5722270/+files/mantic.diff ** Patch added: "jammy.diff" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2007702/+attachment/5722271/+files/jammy.diff ** Patch added: "focal.diff" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2007702/+attachment/5722272/+files/focal.diff ** Description changed: For Ubuntu >= Focal the transitional debs are frozen at the version number 1:85... This might make one think[1][2] that it will install a critically outdated Chromium while it does not, because it installs the snap. + [Test plan] + + Install the package and confirm the version change with e.g. + + dpkg -l | grep '^ii *chromium-browser *2:1snap1-0ubuntu1' + + [Regression potential] + + If the version were incorrectly constructed the deb build could fail. + [1] https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+question/702591 [2] https://askubuntu.com/q/1420925 ** Summary changed: - Deb version numbering is misleading + [SRU] Deb version numbering is misleading -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2007702 Title: [SRU] Deb version numbering is misleading Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in chromium-browser source package in Focal: New Status in chromium-browser source package in Jammy: New Status in chromium-browser source package in Lunar: New Status in chromium-browser source package in Mantic: New Bug description: For Ubuntu >= Focal the transitional debs are frozen at the version number 1:85... This might make one think[1][2] that it will install a critically outdated Chromium while it does not, because it installs the snap. [Test plan] Install the package and confirm the version change with e.g. dpkg -l | grep '^ii *chromium-browser *2:1snap1-0ubuntu1' [Regression potential] If the version were incorrectly constructed the deb build could fail. [1] https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+question/702591 [2] https://askubuntu.com/q/1420925 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/2007702/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2007702] Re: Deb version numbering is misleading
** Also affects: chromium-browser (Ubuntu Focal) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: chromium-browser (Ubuntu Jammy) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: chromium-browser (Ubuntu Mantic) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu Focal) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu Jammy) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu Mantic) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu Mantic) Assignee: (unassigned) => Nathan Teodosio (nteodosio) ** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu Jammy) Assignee: (unassigned) => Nathan Teodosio (nteodosio) ** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu Focal) Assignee: (unassigned) => Nathan Teodosio (nteodosio) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2007702 Title: Deb version numbering is misleading Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in chromium-browser source package in Focal: New Status in chromium-browser source package in Jammy: New Status in chromium-browser source package in Mantic: New Bug description: For Ubuntu >= Focal the transitional debs are frozen at the version number 1:85... This might make one think[1][2] that it will install a critically outdated Chromium while it does not, because it installs the snap. [1] https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+question/702591 [2] https://askubuntu.com/q/1420925 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/2007702/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2007702] Re: Deb version numbering is misleading
This bug was fixed in the package chromium-browser - 2:1snap1-0ubuntu1 --- chromium-browser (2:1snap1-0ubuntu1) noble; urgency=low * Modify the version scheme of the package (LP: #2007702). Epoch bumped to 2. Since this is a package that install the Chromium snap, there is no point in updating it just for the sake of the version number whenever there is a new Chromium release. On the other hand, we don't want to leave it stuck in a number such as 85 because it misleads users into believing the package will install Chromium 85, which would be severily outdated. -- Nathan Pratta Teodosio Mon, 13 Nov 2023 10:20:10 +0100 ** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2007702 Title: Deb version numbering is misleading Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: For Ubuntu >= Focal the transitional debs are frozen at the version number 1:85... This might make one think[1][2] that it will install a critically outdated Chromium while it does not, because it installs the snap. [1] https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+question/702591 [2] https://askubuntu.com/q/1420925 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/2007702/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2007702] Re: Deb version numbering is misleading
I have uploaded this and unsubscribed ubuntu-sponsors. Please feel free to resubscribe if you have anything else that needs to be sponsored. ** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2007702 Title: Deb version numbering is misleading Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Bug description: For Ubuntu >= Focal the transitional debs are frozen at the version number 1:85... This might make one think[1][2] that it will install a critically outdated Chromium while it does not, because it installs the snap. [1] https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+question/702591 [2] https://askubuntu.com/q/1420925 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/2007702/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2007702] Re: Deb version numbering is misleading
Thanks for the background, let's use 2:1snap1-0ubuntu1 then. ** Patch added: "chromium.diff" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/2007702/+attachment/5718905/+files/chromium.diff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2007702 Title: Deb version numbering is misleading Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: For Ubuntu >= Focal the transitional debs are frozen at the version number 1:85... This might make one think[1][2] that it will install a critically outdated Chromium while it does not, because it installs the snap. [1] https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+question/702591 [2] https://askubuntu.com/q/1420925 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/2007702/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2007702] Re: Deb version numbering is misleading
One argument for having 'ubuntu' in the version usually is that it will prevent the autosync job to override the revision (in case Debian would also bump their epoch to 2 and have a version higher) but having the package added to the sync blocklist would achieve the same result. Either way seems fine to me, it's just a deb version which is something most users will not ever notice or care about (the current thunderbird SRU version In lunar for example is 1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1... ;-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2007702 Title: Deb version numbering is misleading Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: For Ubuntu >= Focal the transitional debs are frozen at the version number 1:85... This might make one think[1][2] that it will install a critically outdated Chromium while it does not, because it installs the snap. [1] https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+question/702591 [2] https://askubuntu.com/q/1420925 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/2007702/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 2007702] Re: Deb version numbering is misleading
Hi Lukas, thanks for having a look! > But I wonder if we should rather change the version number to > "2:1snap1-0ubuntu1", in order to use a similar format as we have on > Firefox (LP: #1892724)? What do you think? So, my hunch reaction to that scheme is "god, are all those numbers really meaningful and necessary?" Being this is a package that installs a snap, with all the upstream and almost all downstream changes handled in the snap, I couldn't think in a way we would benefit from more than one "free" (i.e., not epoch) number, and that is why I suggested a simpler scheme — just for the principle of parcimony's sake. Now, there can definitely be shortsight from my side, as I'm usually only bumping version numbers, not reworking or creating them. At any rate, both schemes solve the problem of misleading users, and I'm glad to change to either. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2007702 Title: Deb version numbering is misleading Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: For Ubuntu >= Focal the transitional debs are frozen at the version number 1:85... This might make one think[1][2] that it will install a critically outdated Chromium while it does not, because it installs the snap. [1] https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+question/702591 [2] https://askubuntu.com/q/1420925 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/2007702/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2007702] Re: Deb version numbering is misleading
Thank you for this suggestion. Even though bumping the epoch is a very big hammer, it sounds very sensible to me. The patch is looking mostly good, too. But I wonder if we should rather change the version number to "2:1snap1-0ubuntu1", in order to use a similar format as we have on Firefox (LP: #1892724)? What do you think? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2007702 Title: Deb version numbering is misleading Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: For Ubuntu >= Focal the transitional debs are frozen at the version number 1:85... This might make one think[1][2] that it will install a critically outdated Chromium while it does not, because it installs the snap. [1] https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+question/702591 [2] https://askubuntu.com/q/1420925 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/2007702/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2007702] Re: Deb version numbering is misleading
The attachment "chromium.diff" seems to be a debdiff. The ubuntu- sponsors team has been subscribed to the bug report so that they can review and hopefully sponsor the debdiff. If the attachment isn't a patch, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are member of the ~ubuntu-sponsors, unsubscribe the team. [This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned by ~brian-murray, for any issue please contact him.] ** Tags added: patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2007702 Title: Deb version numbering is misleading Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: For Ubuntu >= Focal the transitional debs are frozen at the version number 1:85... This might make one think[1][2] that it will install a critically outdated Chromium while it does not, because it installs the snap. [1] https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+question/702591 [2] https://askubuntu.com/q/1420925 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/2007702/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2007702] Re: Deb version numbering is misleading
I'm proposing changing the version number from 1:85.0.4183.83-0ubuntu3 to 2:1+snap, similar to what Firefox does. ** Description changed: For Ubuntu >= Focal the transitional debs are frozen at the version number 1:85... - This might make one think[1] that it will install a critically outdated - Chromium while it does not, because it installs the snap. + This might make one think[1][2] that it will install a critically + outdated Chromium while it does not, because it installs the snap. - [1] https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium- - browser/+question/702591 + [1] https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+question/702591 + [2] https://askubuntu.com/q/1420925 ** Patch added: "chromium.diff" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/2007702/+attachment/5710244/+files/chromium.diff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2007702 Title: Deb version numbering is misleading Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: For Ubuntu >= Focal the transitional debs are frozen at the version number 1:85... This might make one think[1][2] that it will install a critically outdated Chromium while it does not, because it installs the snap. [1] https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+question/702591 [2] https://askubuntu.com/q/1420925 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/2007702/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
