Weekly newsletter 8th September 2017

[Nrbrtx]

Thanks for this newsletter!

>We’ve packaged the KStatusNotifier extension to provide support for
indicators.  This will provide support for apps which use libappindicators
which was removed from GNOME 3.26.
So these bugs - https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1713551 and
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1713555 - are fixed?
For example on Ubuntu (new "Unity" shell) session I see both hp-systray and
psensor indicators, but they are not shown on normal GNOME Shell.

>We’ve updated the test plan for the Ubuntu Session to ensure we catch
regressions and bugs in the default session for new installs and upgrades.
What is about pkexec'ed and gksu/gksudo root apps on Wayland?
See bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1713313 and
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1713311 .

Please do not forget about APT and Synaptic bugs -
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1697120 , https://bugs.launchpad.net/bug
s/1533554 , https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 ,
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1612948 .

And Firefox's orange textarea - https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1713347 .

And Ctrl+Shift interference - https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1245473 .

With best regards,
Norbert.

On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 5:40 PM, Will Cooke <will.cooke at canonical.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Here's this week's update:
>
> = GNOME =
>
> GNOME 3.25.91 is now in Artful in preparation for the move to 3.26 before
> release.
>
> We’re adding notification badge support to the Dock extension.  This
> branch has been proposed to the upstream project and is awaiting review:
> https://github.com/micheleg/dash-to-dock/pull/590
>
> We’ve packaged the KStatusNotifier extension to provide support for
> indicators.  This will provide support for apps which use libappindicators
> which was removed from GNOME 3.26.  You can read more about this here:
> https://didrocks.fr/2017/08/23/ubuntu-gnome-shell-in-artful-day-7/
>
> We have also been tidying up the work we did at the Fit and Finish
> hackfest (https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/08/08/ubuntu-artful-
> desktop-fit-and-finish-sprint/) and you can see more about that here:
> https://didrocks.fr/2017/09/04/ubuntu-gnome-shell-in-artful-day-9/
>
> We’ve updated the test plan for the Ubuntu Session to ensure we catch
> regressions and bugs in the default session for new installs and upgrades.
> You can read the test plan here:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Process/Merges/TestPlans/ubuntu-session
>
> People with non-hybrid NVIDIA graphics cards can not normally use the
> Wayland session unless they are adventurous and enable KMS. If that is
> done, however, X11 sessions then break. This week we have incorporated a
> change into GDM (also proposed upstream) to hide the X11 sessions in this
> scenario so that we make the system a bit more usable even for people who
> like to tweak. More information on the bug:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1697882
>
> Ubiquity (the Ubuntu installer) now shows the correct theme in ‘install
> only’ mode, as well as in the live session. Previously it was using GNOME’s
> default theme “Adwaita”.
>
> = Video, Audio, Bluetooth, Networking =
>
> We’ve spent time on a deep dive into the performance issues of video
> playback in Totem.
> We have tracked down an issue and are working on a fix to reduce CPU usage
> by approximately 50%.
> Out-of-the-box installation of accelerated video drivers (on Intel) is
> close to completion, pending a bit more checking and packaging updates.
>
> Captive portal detection is now in the Ubuntu default install.
>
> Mobile broadband provider info has been updated from Debian and is now in
> sync with Debian Sid.  Thanks Bhavani.  You can see the changes here:
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mobile-broadband-
> provider-info/20170903-1
>
>
> Cheers, Will
>
>
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