[MIR] gnome-bluetooth3
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gnome-bluetooth3 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
[Availability]
Already in Ubuntu universe.
Builds and works for all supported architectures except i386 (i386 is not needed)
https:/
[Rationale]
- gnome-bluetooth3 is a new runtime dependency of package gnome-shell that
we already support
- gnome-bluetooth3 is requested in Ubuntu main no later than March 24 to
allow for a FFE to be reviewed in time to land this changeset before 22.04 Beta Freeze
[Security]
- https:/
- Ubuntu CVE Tracker: https:/
- Had 1 security issue in the past
https:/
in bluez but we were able to use a gnome-bluetooth workaround to avoid
needing to release a security update for bluez
- no `suid` or `sgid` binaries
- no executables in `/sbin` and `/usr/sbin`
- Package does not install services, timers or recurring jobs
- Package does not open privileged ports (ports < 1024)
- Package does not contain extensions to security-sensitive software
(filters, scanners, plugins, UI skins, ...)
- debian/rules builds with all standard hardening flags
[Quality assurance - function/usage]
The package works well right after install
[Quality assurance - maintenance]
- The package is maintained well in Debian/Ubuntu and has not too many
and long term critical bugs open
- Ubuntu https:/
- Ubuntu older series https:/
- Debian https:/
- Debian older series https:/
- GNOME https:/
- The package does not deal with exotic hardware we cannot support
[Quality assurance - testing]
- Runs a test suite on build time, if it fails it makes the build fail, link to build log:
https:/
- Does not run an autopkgtest because we haven't created one yet
[Quality assurance - packaging]
- debian/watch is present and works (only checks for stable releases)
- Does not yield massive lintian Warnings or Errors
- Lintian overrides are not present
- Des not rely on obsolete or about to be demoted packages.
- Has no python2 or GTK2 dependencies
- Does not ask debconf questions
- Packaging and build is easy:
https:/
[UI standards]
For Ubuntu 22.04 LTS we are not building the very minimal /usr/bin/
because it is not fully working after the port to GTK4 yet.
The older binary package gnome-bluetooth builds this app.
- Application is end-user facing, Translation is present, via standard
gettext internationaliz
- End-user application that ships a standard conformant desktop file,
The .desktop has NoDisplay=true set. The intended way to run the app on a
default Ubuntu install is by opening the GNOME Settings app (gnome-
Click Bluetooth in the side panel. Click your Bluetooth device. Then click Send Files.
The window that appears is the bluetooth-sendto app.
[Dependencies]
- There are further dependencies that are not yet in main, MIR for libadwaita-1
is at https:/
[Standards compliance]
- This package correctly follows FHS and Debian Policy
[Maintenance/Owner]
- Owning Team will be Ubuntu Desktop (Co-maintained with Debian GNOME team.)
- Team is not yet, but will subscribe to the package before promotion
- This does not use static builds
- This does not use vendored code
- The package built successfully yesterday.
[Background information]
- The Package description explains the package well
- https:/
The old library source package name is gnome-bluetooth; the new library source package name is gnome-bluetooth3.
gnome-bluetooth is in main because of 3 things:
- gir and library used by gnome-shell
- library used by gnome-control-
- small bluetooth-sendto app used in gnome-control-
gnome-bluetooth 42 had a major API version bump. The UI part was split to a separate library.
The UI library was ported to GTK4. gnome-control-
GNOME Shell 42 uses API from the new gnome-bluetooth library to fix LP: #1738838
The API changes do not look practical to forward-port (switch to a new GListModel API).
Ubuntu's gnome-shell packaging has 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. This is a minor concern since extensions are "use at your own risk" and there aren't many working bluetooth extensions.
The Ubuntu Desktop Team requests that gnome-bluetooth3 be allowed in to main alongside the older gnome-bluetooth library for 22.04 LTS. For 22.10, the older gnome-bluetooth library will be demoted to universe (because Ubuntu Budgie still uses it).
If this MIR is approved, we will also ask approval for a FFe to switch gnome-shell to use the new gnome-bluetooth3 and drop the unused gir1.2-
| tags: | added: jammy |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in gnome-bluetooth3 (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in gnome-bluetooth3 (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Ioanna Alifieraki (joalif) |
| Ioanna Alifieraki (joalif) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in gnome-bluetooth3 (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Confirmed → Incomplete |
| Changed in gnome-bluetooth3 (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | Ioanna Alifieraki (joalif) → nobody |
| Jeremy Bícha (jbicha) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in gnome-bluetooth3 (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Incomplete → New |
| Christian Ehrhardt (paelzer) wrote | #4 |
| Changed in gnome-bluetooth3 (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → In Progress |
| Changed in gnome-bluetooth3 (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
| Christian Ehrhardt (paelzer) wrote | #5 |
| Jeremy Bícha (jbicha) wrote | #6 |
| Christian Ehrhardt (paelzer) wrote | #7 |
| Changed in gnome-bluetooth3 (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.