[Bug 1987455] [NEW] ubiquity crashes with evolution-data-server 3.45

[Jeremy Bicha]

Public bug reported:

Background
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GNOME 43 is switching its core libraries from libsoup 2.4 to libsoup 3. The Ubuntu Desktop Team will be beginning the transition for evolution-data-server 3.45 and related libraries around August 24 or 25.

The installer crashes on the timezonemap page because it attempts to use
libsoup 3 because the gir package for libsoup 3 is installed now.

Test Case
---------
1. Download today's Ubuntu Desktop daily iso
https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/

2. Boot the iso and select Try Ubuntu

3. From inside the live environment, open a terminal and run these
commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jbicha/gnome43-staging-2
sudo apt-mark hold linux-firmware amd64-microcode # avoids a temporary serious bug
sudo apt dist-upgrade

4. For completeness, I also log out. Enter the username ubuntu to log
back in

5. Now run the installer

Fix
---
I'm proposing a trivial fix for this to specify that we need libsoup 2.4

We should switch ubiquity to libsoup3 but that will require more time to
implement and is being tracked in https://launchpad.net/bugs/1987454

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
         Status: Confirmed


** Tags: kinetic

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Title:
  ubiquity crashes with evolution-data-server 3.45

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Background
  ----------
  GNOME 43 is switching its core libraries from libsoup 2.4 to libsoup 3. The Ubuntu Desktop Team will be beginning the transition for evolution-data-server 3.45 and related libraries around August 24 or 25.

  The installer crashes on the timezonemap page because it attempts to
  use libsoup 3 because the gir package for libsoup 3 is installed now.

  Test Case
  ---------
  1. Download today's Ubuntu Desktop daily iso
  https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/

  2. Boot the iso and select Try Ubuntu

  3. From inside the live environment, open a terminal and run these
  commands:

  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jbicha/gnome43-staging-2
  sudo apt-mark hold linux-firmware amd64-microcode # avoids a temporary serious bug
  sudo apt dist-upgrade

  4. For completeness, I also log out. Enter the username ubuntu to log
  back in

  5. Now run the installer

  Fix
  ---
  I'm proposing a trivial fix for this to specify that we need libsoup 2.4

  We should switch ubiquity to libsoup3 but that will require more time
  to implement and is being tracked in
  https://launchpad.net/bugs/1987454

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