** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged => Fix Committed
** Changed in: gnome-bluetooth (Ubuntu)
Status: In Progress => Fix Committed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1968364
Title:
[FFe] Switch gnome-shell to use gnome-bluetooth3
Status in gnome-bluetooth package in Ubuntu:
Fix Committed
Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu:
Fix Committed
Bug description:
Why It's Needed
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This will fix LP: #1738838
gnome-shell 42 stable release updates for Ubuntu 22.04 will be easier
since we don't have to revert all the bluetooth-related commits.
Why, More Details
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GNOME Shell 42 uses API from the new gnome-bluetooth library to fix LP:
#1738838
The API changes were not practical to forward-port (switch to a new
GListModel API).
Ubuntu's gnome-shell packaging had 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. I
assess this concern as very low since extensions are "use at your own
risk" and there aren't many working bluetooth extensions.
The new gnome-bluetooth3 series has an expanded build test suite and
has received lots of fixes that won't be ported to the older gnome-
bluetooth series.
Why It Wasn't Done Before
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We needed to get a MIR to allow gnome-bluetooth3 in to main while the old
gnome-bluetooth is still in main. See https://launchpad.net/bugs/1964600 .
Sorry this is a bit late. Still about a week before Final Freeze to
revert these changes is issues are identified but we're feeling
confident this will be a worthwhile improvement.
Other Change
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If this FFE is approved, we'd like to go ahead and drop the gir package built
by the old gnome-bluetooth since nothing is using it. It is believed that
gnome-shell is the only user of the gnome-bluetooth gir bindings.
https://tracker.debian.org/media/packages/g/gnome-
bluetooth/changelog-3.34.5-8
Build Log for gnome-shell
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This is from our git master so it includes a few other pending changes
https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-
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