Public bug reported: Impact ------ Mozilla Location Services will be closed to all third parties (including Ubuntu, GNOME, KDE, etc.) on June 12, 2024.
Unfortunately, there does not appear to be any suitable replacement for our typical desktop and laptop users. (Mobile devices like phones may have GPS that could be used but those devices would only rarely be using Ubuntu and gnome-control-center.) To avoid later UI changes and disruption only a few months from now, the Ubuntu Desktop team would prefer to disable location services before Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is released. Other Info ---------- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/-/issues/2959 gnome-control-center 46.1 to be released in a few days will also disable Location Services by default but with a build-time option for distros who have different deadlines and user profiles. If an alternative location provider is found that works well enough for our users, we intend to re-enable this feature with a Stable Release Update if possible. Because of this issue, Ubuntu has disabled the Location page in gnome- initial-setup for 24.04 LTS already. ** Affects: gnome-control-center Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: In Progress ** Affects: gnome-control-center (Debian) Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Tags: noble ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #1067169 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1067169 ** Also affects: gnome-control-center (Debian) via https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1067169 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/-/issues #2959 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/-/issues/2959 ** Also affects: gnome-control-center via https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/-/issues/2959 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2062178 Title: Disable location services in gnome-control-center Status in gnome-control-center: Unknown Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in gnome-control-center package in Debian: Unknown Bug description: Impact ------ Mozilla Location Services will be closed to all third parties (including Ubuntu, GNOME, KDE, etc.) on June 12, 2024. Unfortunately, there does not appear to be any suitable replacement for our typical desktop and laptop users. (Mobile devices like phones may have GPS that could be used but those devices would only rarely be using Ubuntu and gnome-control-center.) To avoid later UI changes and disruption only a few months from now, the Ubuntu Desktop team would prefer to disable location services before Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is released. Other Info ---------- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/-/issues/2959 gnome-control-center 46.1 to be released in a few days will also disable Location Services by default but with a build-time option for distros who have different deadlines and user profiles. If an alternative location provider is found that works well enough for our users, we intend to re-enable this feature with a Stable Release Update if possible. Because of this issue, Ubuntu has disabled the Location page in gnome- initial-setup for 24.04 LTS already. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/2062178/+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
