Hi everyone, below you will find the updates from the Desktop team from the last week. If you’re interested in discussing a topic please start a thread in the Desktop area of Discourse .
Last week’s notes are here: Desktop Team Updates - Monday 16th May 2022
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Misc:
firefox
TMPDIR workaround in the beta branch
thunderbird
chromium
Forwarded header
other
Gnome-SDK branch gnome-42-2204 now fully builds, and their packages are updated to the last version.
Also I have some simple code that analyzes a .snapcraft file and all the repositories used and returns newer tags/branches.
max bpc branch for controlling display bandwidth to resolve code reviews.Landed a security fix for gnome-control-center to allow the RDP Desktop Sharing feature to be turned off.
webkitgtk 2.36 caused a regression in the Orca screen reader. Since this was pushed as a security update, we are pushing the initial orca fix through the security update channel to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, 21.10, and 22.04 LTS, probably tomorrow. Also let the Debian orca maintainer know so that the fix can land in the next Debian stable point release.
Refreshed my snap skills by helping Heather with a few snap updates of some GNOME apps, mostly converting to the recommended gnome-3-38-2004 platform and moving the repos to GitHub for easier access by contributors.
Started packaging a snap of the cheese webcam app
Switched the default text editor for Ubuntu 22.10 to gnome-text-editor
Switched the default sound server from PulseAudio to PipeWire for Ubuntu 22.10
Completed the gtksourceview4 -> gtksourceview5 transition for packages in Ubuntu main
Sponsored the Cinnamon 3.8 support addition to Debian’s bluebird-gtk-theme
Joined community sync sessions with Ubuntu Flavours
Filed a MIR for libsoup3.
gnome-shell 42.1 was accepted as a proposed update for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. It will probably be pushed as an update in about a week.
Had some talks accepted for DebConf, Debian’s official conference, which will be held this year in Kosovo in July. Talks are often video recorded and I believe there will be a streaming option for people who aren’t able to attend in person.
Other Happenings
There will be a PipeWire hackfest in Berlin this week. I don’t think anyone from Ubuntu will be able to attend this time.
There was a new osinfo-db release that includes Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and my improvements for the Debian and Ubuntu data.
snapd:
int / unsigned int arguments to syscalls), for better correctness and added security. Once this is merged, we should be able to delete a bunch of code in snapd’s seccomp handling code working around the bug. I suspect it will be quite useful outside of snapd too.removable-media interface to add map and execute permission for files on removable media. The main impetus for this was to allow the Steam snap to support a game library stored on removable media.~/Snap directory. I’m still of the mind that it’d be better to make the new directory opt-in for snaps if possible.Ubuntu Core Desktop:
ppdFilterLoadPPD() function (which calls ppdLoadAttributes()) in libppd. Trying to avoid the need of wrapper filter functions in libppd but instead, only call ppdFilterLoadPPD() to generate the filter control data record for the call of the PPD-free filter functions of libcupsfilters. Added conversion of output bin and output order PPD options/attributes and also control of page logging by the filter functions. Also did a minor fix on the cfFilterExternalCUPS() filter function for capturing control log messages from the CUPS filter/backend called, needed for supply level checking.