Use new media API

Bionic patch is in https://gitlab.gnome.org/robert.ancell/gnome-software/tree/media-api-3-30, will forward port that to 3.32 and master when we're happy with it.

Support in snapd in version 2.36 [1] which is not currently in any Ubuntu release.

[1] https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/commit/08bbeb7289fb943ab6c78432579eaceae555ac71

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-software - 3.30.6-2ubuntu2

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gnome-software (3.30.6-2ubuntu2) disco; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/0025-snap-Use-new-media-API.patch:
    - Use new snapd media API (LP: #1799614)

 -- Robert Ancell <email address hidden> Fri, 18 Jan 2019 15:26:44 +1300

Hello Robert, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gnome-software into cosmic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/3.30.2-0ubuntu9 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-cosmic to verification-done-cosmic. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-cosmic. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

The upload of snapd-glib is a new upstream version of the package yet only this bug report is referenced in the changelog for it. Is there a special exception for new versions of snapd-glib that I'm not aware of?

@brian-murray - there isn't a special exception, so I have written a proposal:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SnapdGlibUpdates

The next step is to submit it to a member of the SRU team - would you be able to review it?

snapd-glib should mostly fit section 2.3 "New upstream microreleases" from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates. The main difference is new features are regularly added because we play catch-up with snapd. Note that old features are never removed and new features are added in a compatible way to not interfere with older API.

An upload of snapd-glib to cosmic-proposed has been rejected from the upload queue for the following reason: "contains changes unrelated to the bug listed in the changelog; currently no SRU exception is approved. Can be reuploaded as-is after an SRU exception is approved, or can be uploaded with just the changes for the bug you're proposing to fix, but in the meantime rejecting the upload rather than leaving it stalled in the queue.".

An upload of gnome-software to cosmic-proposed has been rejected from the upload queue for the following reason: "reuploading with different -v option to avoid listing LP: #1799614 which is *un*fixed in this version".

The pending SRU page (http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/pending-sru.html) still shows this bug as blocking the SRU.

Temporarily marking as verified in cosmic, though no change has occurred. Will re-use this bug once that SRU is complete and we are ready for the media API update.

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-software - 3.30.2-0ubuntu10

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gnome-software (3.30.2-0ubuntu10) cosmic; urgency=medium

  * debian/rules:
    - Switch from deprecated Ubuntu reviews to ODRS (LP: #1815708)
  * debian/patches/0025-snap-Use-new-media-API.patch:
  * debian/control:
    - Disable for now, still blocked on snapd-glib update

 -- Robert Ancell <email address hidden> Thu, 14 Feb 2019 11:52:46 +1300

Hello Robert, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gnome-software into cosmic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/3.30.2-0ubuntu11 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-cosmic to verification-done-cosmic. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-cosmic. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

Hello Robert, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gnome-software into bionic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/3.28.1-0ubuntu4.18.04.10 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-bionic to verification-done-bionic. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-bionic. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

An upload of gnome-software to xenial-proposed has been rejected from the upload queue for the following reason: "Since this upload includes the same change for 'new media API' as others, I would feel much safer if we set a minimal version depenency to libsnapd-glib-dev (>= 1.45) - since it seems there was more than one snapd-glib version in xenial.".

gnome-software 3.20 actually has it's own implementation of the snapd communication code (snapd-glib evolved from that) so it doesn't need a version bump. It's only using a trivial amount of the snapd-glib code.

Tested in 18.04 LTS (gnome-software 3.28.1-0ubuntu4.18.04.10). Screenshots and icons continue to show using new API.

Tested in 19.10 (gnome-software 3.30.2-0ubuntu11). Screenshots and icons continue to show using new API.

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-software - 3.30.2-0ubuntu11

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gnome-software (3.30.2-0ubuntu11) cosmic; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/0025-snap-Use-new-media-API.patch:
  * debian/control:
    - Use new snapd media API (LP: #1799614)
  * debian/patches/0026-odrs-Only-show-reviews-from-the-same-distribution.patch:
    - Show only Ubuntu reviews (LP: #1825064)

 -- Robert Ancell <email address hidden> Wed, 17 Apr 2019 14:48:48 +1200

The verification of the Stable Release Update for gnome-software has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-software - 3.28.1-0ubuntu4.18.04.10

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gnome-software (3.28.1-0ubuntu4.18.04.10) bionic; urgency=medium

  * debian/control:
  * debian/patches/0027-snap-Use-new-media-API.patch:
    - Use new snapd media API (LP: #1799614)
  * debian/patches/0030-odrs-Only-show-reviews-from-the-same-distribution.patch:
    - Show only Ubuntu reviews (LP: #1825064)

 -- Robert Ancell <email address hidden> Wed, 17 Apr 2019 12:48:34 +1200

Hello Robert, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gnome-software into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/3.20.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.12 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-xenial to verification-done-xenial. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-xenial. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

Tested gnome-software 3.20.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.12. Screenshots and icons continue to show using new API.

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-software - 3.20.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.12

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gnome-software (3.20.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.12) xenial; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/0001-Fix-potential-crash-when-icons-are-missing.patch:
    - Fix crash loading icons (LP: #1778135)
  * debian/patches/0020-Add-a-basic-permissions-system.patch:
    - Fix crash when have plugs with multiple slots available (LP: #1778160)
  * debian/patches/0021-Add-a-Snap-plugin.patch
    - Fix some command line warnings (LP: #1790563)
    - Use new snapd media API (LP: #1799614)
    - Allow connections on the u2f-devices interface (LP: #1738164)
  * debian/patches/0053-Don-t-reject-unexpected-state-changes-external-event.patch:
    - Fix snaps not being shown correctly after install from command line
      (LP: #1754655)
  * debian/patches/0054-Show-verified-developers.patch:
    - Show verified developers (LP: #1789336)

 -- Robert Ancell <email address hidden> Wed, 17 Apr 2019 14:39:52 +1200