** Description changed:
- SRU Team Note
- =============
- This update is waiting on security bug 1657357 to be pushed first.
-
Impact
======
Flatpak 0.8 is a new LTS release of the alternative package set.
https://blogs.gnome.org/alexl/2016/12/22/a-stable-base-for-flatpak-0-8/
This update includes these components for 16.04 LTS and 16.10:
- flatpak 0.8.0
- ostree 2016.15
This basically matches the set that is also available in Debian's
upcoming new stable release. All of these source packages are new to
16.04 LTS.
Test Case
=========
1. Install an app with the old syntax (before upgrading flatpak and ostree)
sudo apt install flatpak
wget https://people.gnome.org/~alexl/keys/gnome-sdk.gpg
flatpak remote-add --user --gpg-import=gnome-sdk.gpg gnome
http://sdk.gnome.org/repo/
flatpak --user install gnome org.gnome.Platform 3.22
flatpak --user remote-add --gpg-import=gnome-sdk.gpg gnome-apps
http://sdk.gnome.org/repo-apps/
flatpak --user install gnome-apps org.gnome.Clocks stable
After upgrading flapak and ostree, check whether the Clocks app is
still installed.
2. Install an app with the new syntax
flatpak remote-add --from gnome https://sdk.gnome.org/gnome.flatpakrepo
flatpak remote-add --from gnome-apps
https://sdk.gnome.org/gnome-apps.flatpakrepo
flatpak install gnome-apps org.gnome.gedit
flatpak run org.gnome.gedit
The test case for ostree is just making sure flatpak works.
Regression Potential
====================
There's no regression for Ubuntu 16.04 since these are new packages there
that should have no affect on other packages.
For 16.10, this has an inherent regression. The command-line syntax
changed in flatpak 0.6.13. However, since virtually all of the guides to
using Flatpak including http://flatpak.org/apps use the new syntax that
will not work with 16.10's older flatpak, it seems better for users to
get used to the new syntax.
Other Info
==========
Just like snap was backported to 14.04 LTS to -updates, this is being
backported to 16.04 LTS -updates. Both snap and Flatpak are useful for people
who want to run new apps on an LTS operating system.
Flatpak is not easily backportable to 14.04 LTS.
bubblewrap is required for this SRU and is being tracked in LP: #1649330
A separate SRU may be filed later to update xdg-desktop-portal and xdg-
desktop-portal-gtk. They are optional dependencies and I'm told that
most Flatpak apps do not use them yet.
** Changed in: ostree (Ubuntu Xenial)
Status: Incomplete => In Progress
** Changed in: ostree (Ubuntu Yakkety)
Status: Incomplete => In Progress
** Changed in: flatpak (Ubuntu Yakkety)
Status: Incomplete => In Progress
** Changed in: flatpak (Ubuntu Xenial)
Status: Incomplete => In Progress
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