This needed rebasing onto to the security update 2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.1. To save time I've done that and sponsored a re-upload for you, using the version string 2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.2. I trust that's OK.
This upload contains a significant rewrite of thread handling code. Normally that would be unsuitable for an SRU on the basis of a microrelease update. It's not something I'd expect to see in an upstream "stable" branch, and I think casts doubt on whether this is an appropriate upstream project to take "stable" microrelease updates from in general without a change-by-change analysis an individual justifications each time. So, thank you for submitting this change on an individual basis. I think the error counts for this particular issue do justify the SRU in this case. However, I do think there is considerable regression risk. Because of the nature of the change being introduced, the scope of a regression appears to be wide. Deadlocks, crashes and other race conditions may appear anywhere. Please look out for this during SRU verification. ** Description changed: Impact ------ The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding gnome-remote-desktop. This problem was most recently seen with package version 42.0-4ubuntu1, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/77f41623474304919ac793c6665505547b583b60 contains more details, including versions of packages affected, stacktrace or traceback, and individual crash reports. If you do not have access to the Ubuntu Error Tracker and are a software developer, you can request it at http://forms.canonical.com/reports/. Test Case 1 ----------- Unfortunately, we weren't able to identify a reliable test case. We will know if this bug is fixed if errors.ubuntu.com stops reporting that error with a fully upgraded system. However, that means this update will need to be pushed to -updates Test Case 2 ----------- Install all updates. Log out and log back in. Open the Settings app to the Sharing page. Turn on Sharing and turn on Remote Desktop Sharing. Turn it off then on because there may be a gnome-control-center bug with initial enabling. From a second computer, connect to the first computer using Remmina. The Remote Desktop page on the first computer provides the username and password to use. I wasn't able to get the "Remote Desktop Address" to work (maybe avahi doesn't work well?) so just use the first computer's IP address. So something like: RDP [email protected] Ensure that the connection works. Then repeat the test after updating the second computer to use the updated freerdp2 since Remmina itself uses freerdp2. Basically we want to make sure things keep working after the update but also continue to work for connections between systems that aren't using the same version of freerdp2. What Could Go Wrong ------------------- - RDP Sharing using freerdp2 is a new feature for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS as part of GNOME 42. + + [racb] This upload contains a significant rewrite of thread handling + code. So the scope of a regression appears to be wide. Deadlocks, + crashes and other race conditions may appear anywhere. + + RDP Sharing using freerdp2 is a new feature for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS as part + of GNOME 42. RDP Sharing can be used for providing remote support so it's important that this feature works well because it may be difficult for the remote admin to fix issues in person. freerdp2 is also used by the Remmina and GNOME Connections apps as the "client" app for RDP Sharing. (The GNOME feature is the "server" side.) This fix is cherrypicked from the stable freerdp2 branch. ** Changed in: freerdp2 (Ubuntu Jammy) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed ** Tags added: verification-needed verification-needed-jammy -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to freerdp2 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1970994 Title: /usr/libexec/gnome-remote-desktop- daemon:11:setChannelError:rdpgfx_server_thread_func:thread_launcher:start_thread:clone3 Status in freerdp2 package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in gnome-remote-desktop package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in freerdp2 source package in Jammy: Fix Committed Bug description: Impact ------ The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding gnome-remote-desktop. This problem was most recently seen with package version 42.0-4ubuntu1, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/77f41623474304919ac793c6665505547b583b60 contains more details, including versions of packages affected, stacktrace or traceback, and individual crash reports. If you do not have access to the Ubuntu Error Tracker and are a software developer, you can request it at http://forms.canonical.com/reports/. Test Case 1 ----------- Unfortunately, we weren't able to identify a reliable test case. We will know if this bug is fixed if errors.ubuntu.com stops reporting that error with a fully upgraded system. However, that means this update will need to be pushed to -updates Test Case 2 ----------- Install all updates. Log out and log back in. Open the Settings app to the Sharing page. Turn on Sharing and turn on Remote Desktop Sharing. Turn it off then on because there may be a gnome-control-center bug with initial enabling. From a second computer, connect to the first computer using Remmina. The Remote Desktop page on the first computer provides the username and password to use. I wasn't able to get the "Remote Desktop Address" to work (maybe avahi doesn't work well?) so just use the first computer's IP address. So something like: RDP [email protected] Ensure that the connection works. Then repeat the test after updating the second computer to use the updated freerdp2 since Remmina itself uses freerdp2. Basically we want to make sure things keep working after the update but also continue to work for connections between systems that aren't using the same version of freerdp2. What Could Go Wrong ------------------- [racb] This upload contains a significant rewrite of thread handling code. So the scope of a regression appears to be wide. Deadlocks, crashes and other race conditions may appear anywhere. RDP Sharing using freerdp2 is a new feature for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS as part of GNOME 42. RDP Sharing can be used for providing remote support so it's important that this feature works well because it may be difficult for the remote admin to fix issues in person. freerdp2 is also used by the Remmina and GNOME Connections apps as the "client" app for RDP Sharing. (The GNOME feature is the "server" side.) This fix is cherrypicked from the stable freerdp2 branch. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freerdp2/+bug/1970994/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
