I tried installing Clocks with Flatpak but I got an error because apparently its gsettings schema wasn't installed, so I installed Iagno instead. I then upgraded Flatpak to 0.8.2-1ubuntu16.10.1 (and ostree 2016.15-2ubuntu1~ubuntu16.10.1) and verified that I could still run the Iagno flatpak and that the gnome and gnome-apps remote sources were still set up.
I then installed Devhelp with the new flatpak and ran it successfully. The important part of verifying this SRU for Ubuntu 16.10 is that earlier installed Flatpaks still work and that it's possible to install new apps. ** Description changed: 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 0.8.2 - 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 + flatpak --user install gnome-apps org.gnome.iagno - After upgrading flapak and ostree, check whether the Clocks app is - still installed. + Note that you may need to logout and log back in after installing your + first Flatpak app before the app shows up in the Activities Overview. + + After upgrading flapak and ostree, check whether the Iagno 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 + flatpak --user install gnome-apps org.gnome.Devhelp + flatpak run org.gnome.Devhelp (or click the launcher like any other app) 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. ** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Tags added: verification-done -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1656712 Title: Update flatpak and ostree to 0.8 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flatpak/+bug/1656712/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
