Re: Default App: GNOME Clocks

2017-08-25 Thread Jeremy Bicha 
On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 11:02 AM, Will Cooke  wrote:
> I think we'd be better off postponing Clocks until such time as it works all
> the time.

Pun intended?

It's the same reason gnome-clocks was never included by default in Ubuntu GNOME.

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Re: Default App: GNOME Contacts

2017-08-25 Thread Jeremy Bicha 
On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 12:37 AM, Robert Ancell
 wrote:
> gnome-contacts is an address book and is part of the core GNOME apps. It has
> all dependencies in main except for folks (which used to be in main).

For 17.10, I'm -1 because of the email integration concerns Robert mentioned.

By the way, it also needs libchamplain. GNOME Contacts (and
libchamplain) was in main until Empathy was demoted in preparation for
16.04 LTS's release.

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Re: Default App: GNOME Contacts

2017-08-25 Thread Jeremy Bicha 
On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 6:44 AM, Tim  wrote:
> Evolution suffers from the same security issues as Epiphany, that being
> there are no security updates for webkit! Also in the context of this
> discussion, evolution is not a GNOME core app.

That is no longer true. webkit2gtk has been well-maintained with
security updates in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and newer for the past year.
16.04 shipped with 2.10.9 but 16.04.3 shipped with 2.16.6, the latest
stable release.

webkit2gtk won't be officially supported by Debian Security for Debian
9 "Stretch" but 9.2 will get 2.16.6 and I think there's a good chance
9.3 will get 2.18. As long as that keeps up for the next 2 years, I
don't think there will be a problem for Debian 10 to have official
security support for webkit2gtk.

I expect that the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS repositories will not include the
old webkitgtk at all.

(Evolution did not switch to webkit2gtk until the version included in 16.10.)

Further Reading
---
https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2017/08/06/endgame-for-webkit-woes/
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1710318

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Re: Default App: GNOME Weather

2017-08-25 Thread Jeremy Bicha 
On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 10:28 AM, Sebastien Bacher  wrote:
> There is currently no MIR filed, it could be a nice addition but looks
> less important than other ones proposed and we need to look at the
> gelocation service used so I would vote -1 for this cycle and revist
> next cycle

There was a MIR filed a few weeks ago, but maybe it will need to wait
until next cycle:
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1707717

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Re: Default App: GNOME Characters

2017-08-25 Thread Jeremy Bicha 
On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 10:26 AM, Sebastien Bacher  wrote:
> I think that one would be fine to try to include, if anyone feels like
> feeling a MIR we should be able to get it still this cycle (could be an
> easy ffe) or early next cycle

MIR filed at
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1713176

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Re: Default App: GNOME To Do

2017-08-25 Thread Jeremy Bicha 
On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 10:26 AM, Sebastien Bacher  wrote:
> I think that one would be fine to try to include, if anyone feels like
> feeling a MIR we should be able to get it still this cycle (could be an
> easy ffe) or early next cycle

MIR filed at
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1713171

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Weekly newsletter 25th August 2017

2017-08-25 Thread Will Cooke 
= GNOME Shell =
Didier has written a series of blog posts detailing how we’ve set up the
Ubuntu GNOME Shell session in Artful to co-exist with the default GNOME
Shell experience and still give us the flexibility we need to shape the
experience as we would like.  You can start at day one here:
https://didrocks.fr/2017/08/14/ubuntu-gnome-shell-in-artful-day-1/

We worked with the Dash to Dock developer to land our Ubuntu branch
upstream.  Read more here:
https://didrocks.fr/2017/08/18/ubuntu-gnome-shell-in-artful-day-5/


= Video, Audio, Bluetooth & Networking =
Captive portal support took a big step forward this week.  Our IS team have
updated the connectivity checker service to support HTTP (HTTPS is not
recommended for reliable detection of portals), a problem we were having
with Network Manager not detecting that it was online was tracked down to a
bug in curl and a fixed version is being uploaded, and we’re getting ready
to upload the necessary config changes to Network Manager to enable the
service.
Today we found a handy captive portal near the office:
https://youtu.be/hpIeCBuTG0M

BlueZ 5.46 was released to Artful.

= Printing =
QPDF 7.0 and CUPS filters 1.17.0 have just been uploaded to Ubuntu.  This
brings driverless printing for IPP Everywhere, Apple AirPrint, Mopria and
Wifi Direct devices to Ubuntu Artful.  Pretty much any printer which allows
you to print from your phone should now work as a plug-and-play device via
USB or over the network.


= Fit & Finish Hackfest =
We spent Thursday and Friday this week improving the theming in 17.10.  We
have made lots of changes to the GNOME Shell theme, the GDM theme and the
Ubuntu Gtk themes.  Didier has done a quick write up here, with more
details coming in the next few weeks:
https://didrocks.fr/2017/08/25/ubuntu-gnome-shell-in-artful-day-8/

= In The News =
Softpedia cover the call for testing of the new Chromium Snap:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/canonical-invites-you-to-test-out-the-chromium-web-browser-snap-on-ubuntu-linux-517425.shtml

Linux Unplugged discuss how we’ve implemented our Ubuntu session with GNOME
Shell (starts at 49 minutes):
http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/117601/forks-done-right-lup-211/

OMG Ubuntu has an article on the dock:
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/08/new-ubuntu-dock-first-look


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