** Description changed: Availability ============ Co-maintained with Debian GNOME. Built for all supported architectures. Changes from Debian ------------------- - Depend on gnome-session which due to package split now contains only the session files - debian/patches/ubuntu-lightdm-user-switching.patch: - + Allow user switching when using LightDM. (GNOME wasn't interested in LightDM support before) + + Allow user switching when using LightDM. (GNOME wasn't interested in LightDM support before) - debian/patches/ubuntu_lock_on_suspend.patch - + Respect Ubuntu's lock-on-suspend setting. + + Respect Ubuntu's lock-on-suspend setting. - debian/gnome-shell.gsettings-override: - + Replace firefox-esr with firefox + + Replace firefox-esr with firefox + - Lower misc. universe dependencies to suggests (list below) Ubuntu is also at GNOME 3.24 but Debian is still at 3.22 because of Stretch Release Freeze. Rationale ========= Ubuntu Desktop will be switching from Unity to gnome-shell as the default desktop. Security ======== No known security issues https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/gnome-shell https://launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+cve Quality assurance ================= - Please subscribe Ubuntu Desktop Bugs to this package. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?src=gnome-shell https://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=product%3A%20gnome-shell Dependencies ============ - mutter (Previously in main) + mutter (Previously in main) (LP: #1685408) gdm3 (Previously in main) - colord-gtk (Previously in main) - gnome-control-center (Previously in main) - gnome-user-docs (Previously in main) + colord-gtk (Previously in main) (LP: #1685411) + gnome-control-center (Previously in main) (LP: #1685415) + gnome-settings-daemon (Previously in main) (LP: #1685414) gjs (LP: #1683989) caribou (LP: #1685867) - There are several other "optional" dependencies that we can drop to get this into main sooner while they are reviewed or handled later: - chrome-gnome-shell - switcheroo-control - gnome-user-guide (The GNOME upstream version of ubuntu-docs) - iio-sensor-proxy - gnome-backgrounds - telepathy-logger (previously in main, dropped to suggests in Debian exp. packaging) - adwaita-icon-theme-full (source already in main) + "optional" universe dependencies lowered to suggests for now + ----------------------- + - adwaita-icon-theme-full (source already in main) + - chrome-gnome-shell + - gdm3 (gdm3's gir package is still required unless we figure out how to patch that out) + - gnome-contacts + - gnome-themes-standard-data (source already in main, provides the gtk2 version of the Adwaita theme) + - gnome-user-guide (The GNOME upstream version of ubuntu-docs) + - iio-sensor-proxy + - switcheroo-control + + And ubuntu-docs has replaced gnome-user-guide and ubuntu-wallpapers has + replaced gnome-backgrounds Standards compliance ==================== 3.9.8 Maintenance =========== - Actively developed upstream https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell + https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-desktop/gnome-shell/ubuntu + Debian packaging uses svn, but we're hoping to convert to git this year (which will allow for Ubuntu branches): https://sources.debian.net/src/gnome-shell/unstable/debian/ - - Background information - ====================== - There are a few packaging changed proposed in the following MR - https://code.launchpad.net/~ken-vandine/gnome-shell/ubuntu/+merge/322970
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