[Bug 1968364] Re: [FFe] Switch gnome-shell to use gnome-bluetooth3

[Jeremy Bicha]

** Description changed:

  Why It's Needed
  ---------------
  This will fix LP: #1738838
  
  gnome-shell 42 stable release updates for Ubuntu 22.04 will be easier
  since we don't have to revert all the bluetooth-related commits.
  
  Why, More Details
  -----------------
  GNOME Shell 42 uses API from the new gnome-bluetooth library to fix LP: #1738838
  The API changes were not practical to forward-port (switch to a new GListModel API).
  Ubuntu's gnome-shell packaging had to revert ~6 commits to keep using the older gnome-bluetooth library, which is more awkward to maintain.
  
  Because of how GNOME Shell extensions work, if an extension tries to
  modify the bluetooth part of the system status menu in the top right
  corner of the screen, the extension may not work because Ubuntu's GNOME
  Shell 42 is different than what every other distro provides. I assess
  this concern as very low since extensions are "use at your own risk" and
  there aren't many working bluetooth extensions.
  
  The new gnome-bluetooth3 series has an expanded build test suite and has
  received lots of fixes that won't be ported to the older gnome-bluetooth
  series.
  
  Why It Wasn't Done Before
  -------------------------
  We needed to get a MIR to allow gnome-bluetooth3 in to main while the old gnome-bluetooth is still in main. See https://launchpad.net/bugs/1964600 .
  
  Sorry this is a bit late. Still about a week before Final Freeze to
  revert these changes is issues are identified but we're feeling
  confident this will be a worthwhile improvement.
  
  Other Change
  ------------
  If this FFE is approved, we'd like to go ahead and drop the gir package built by the old gnome-bluetooth since nothing is using it. It is believed that gnome-shell is the only user of the gnome-bluetooth gir bindings.
+ 
+ https://tracker.debian.org/media/packages/g/gnome-
+ bluetooth/changelog-3.34.5-8
+ 
+ Build Log for gnome-shell
+ -------------------------
+ This is from our git master so it includes a few other pending changes
+ 
+ https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-
+ desktop/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+sourcepub/13423631/+listing-archive-extra

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  [FFe] Switch gnome-shell to use gnome-bluetooth3

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