Public bug reported: ## FFE ##
* Description A new version of localsearch is available. localsearch has fallen out-of-date in Ubuntu, we're currently shipping 3.8.2 but 3.11.rc is available. The main reason for the stall was the switch they made away from GStreamer towards FFmpeg for media metadata extraction that posed some packaging difficulties. I've proposed some workarounds for that in https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/localsearch/-/merge_requests/17, essentially moving the problematic extractors in separate packages that won't be default installed. The list of changes since the 3.8.2 release can be found here: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/localsearch/-/blob/main/NEWS and attached to the ticket. In summary, the benefits of including this are, - User experience: improved search results with new/improved data parsers - Maintenance: Bug fixes and SRU are going to become more and more challenging as the versions drift further apart. - Security: Security team has been handling CVE's for localsearch for some time, but it will become increasingly difficult with the currently shipping code base to backport and catch future upstream security fixes. - Performance: Upstream have made a number of performance improvements to the indexer, both in time and space, that we would like to take advantage of. PPA: https://launchpad.net/~charles05/+archive/ubuntu/gnome * Testing After upgrading, I cleared the indexer cache with `localsearch reset`, and then manually indexed some folders and checked that the search feature worked for various keywords. There are some GLib-CRITICAL's while interacting the command-line client which should be reported, but the tool seems to work as expected. * Regression Potential 2 years of bug fixes and changes inherently pose a risk of new regressions, but within the GNOME team we believe the rewards of outweigh the risks. Serious regressions could cause the "Search" feature within the desktop to become unusable. * Install log root@3c9d7eacc1dc:/tmp/test# apt upgrade The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required: libexif12 Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it. Upgrading: localsearch Installing dependencies: libwebpdemux2 Summary: Upgrading: 1, Installing: 1, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 0 Download size: 727 kB Space needed: 1256 kB / 124 GB available Continue? [Y/n] Y Get:1 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/charles05/gnome/ubuntu resolute/main amd64 localsearch amd64 3.11~rc-1~ppa1 [714 kB] Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu resolute/main amd64 libwebpdemux2 amd64 1.5.0-0.1build1 [12.8 kB] Fetched 727 kB in 1s (911 kB/s) debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog debconf: (No usable dialog-like program is installed, so the dialog based frontend cannot be used. at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Dialog.pm line 79, <STDIN> line 2.) debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Readline debconf: (Can't locate Term/ReadLine.pm in @INC (you may need to install the Term::ReadLine module) (@INC entries checked: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.40.1 /usr/local/share/perl/5.40.1 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.40 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl-base /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.40 /usr/share/perl/5.40 /usr/local/lib/site_perl) at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Readline.pm line 8, <STDIN> line 2.) debconf: falling back to frontend: Teletype Selecting previously unselected package libwebpdemux2:amd64. (Reading database ... 16118 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../libwebpdemux2_1.5.0-0.1build1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libwebpdemux2:amd64 (1.5.0-0.1build1) ... Preparing to unpack .../localsearch_3.11~rc-1~ppa1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking localsearch (3.11~rc-1~ppa1) over (3.8.2-12) ... Setting up libwebpdemux2:amd64 (1.5.0-0.1build1) ... Setting up localsearch (3.11~rc-1~ppa1) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.42-2ubuntu5) ... Processing triggers for systemd (259-1ubuntu3) ... Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0t64:amd64 (2.87.3-1) ... Processing triggers for procps (2:4.0.4-9ubuntu1) ... ** Affects: localsearch (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Attachment added: "NEWS since 3.8.2" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2143737/+attachment/5951044/+files/news -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2143737 Title: [FFE] New upstream release 3.11.rc To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/localsearch/+bug/2143737/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
