[Bug 2064166] Re: Exclude alacritty from Ubuntu Cinnamon ISOs

[Erich Eickmeyer]

** Description changed:

+ [Impact]
+ 
+ Ubuntu Cinnamon is not explicitly seeding `gnome-terminal`. In order to
+ satisfy the dependency requirements of `cinnamon-core`, it installs the
+ first terminal alphabetically it can find that satisfies the
+ `x-terminal-emulator` dependency, which in this case is `alacritty`.
+ This is not desired.
+ 
+ [Test Case]
+ 
+ * Run or install the Ubuntu Studio Cinnamon live CD. Check the
+ installation menu for `alacritty`.
+ 
+ Expected Result:
+ 
+ * No alacritty
+ 
+ Actual Result:
+ 
+ * alacritty is installed by default.
+ 
+ [What could go wrong]
+ 
+ It very well could be that this does not fix the alacritty issue, but
+ that's why we test these things.
+ 
+ [Original Description]
+ 
  alacritty is unintentionally included in Ubuntu Cinnamon 24.04 LTS even
  though the Ubuntu Cinnamon metapackages do not recommend or depend on
  it.
  
  I'm filing the bug here even though ubuntucinnamon-meta won't need to be
  updated, just the seed, because there is nowhere else to report bugs
  about seeds.
  
  A few things that could be tried:
  - move the gnome-terminal dependency to a higher location in the seed
  - try adding !alacritty to the seed. ! usually does not make any difference but maybe it would here?
  
  You probably want to get this working in oracular before trying to
  backport whatever is successful to the noble seed.
  
  Unfortunately, because there is nothing depending on alacritty, I do not
  believe it is possible for alacritty to be automatically safely removed
  from people's computers who install Ubuntu Cinnamon using Ubuntu 23.10
  or the original 24.04 LTS, but it can be excluded from the 24.04.1 LTS
  ISO that will be published a few months from now.
  
  Additional info about how it got seeded and if it is working
  ------------------------------------------------------------
  https://ubuntu-archive-team.ubuntu.com/germinate-output/ubuntucinnamon.noble/
  https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-cdimage/+livefs/ubuntu/noble/ubuntucinnamon/
  https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntucinnamon/daily-live/current/ (especially the manifest file)

** Summary changed:

- Exclude alacritty from Ubuntu Cinnamon ISOs
+ [SRU] Exclude alacritty from Ubuntu Cinnamon ISOs

** Also affects: ubuntucinnamon-meta (Ubuntu Noble)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: ubuntucinnamon-meta (Ubuntu Oracular)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: ubuntucinnamon-meta (Ubuntu Plucky)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: Triaged

** Changed in: ubuntucinnamon-meta (Ubuntu Noble)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: ubuntucinnamon-meta (Ubuntu Oracular)
       Status: New => Won't Fix

** Changed in: ubuntucinnamon-meta (Ubuntu Plucky)
       Status: Triaged => In Progress

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  [SRU] Exclude alacritty from Ubuntu Cinnamon ISOs

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