== Meeting information ==
 * #ubuntu-desktop: Desktop Team Weekly Meeting - 2017-12-05, 05 Dec at 14:31 — 14:47 UTC
 * Full logs at [[http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-desktop/2017/ubuntu-desktop.2017-12-05-14.31.log.html]]



== Meeting summary ==

=== andyrock ===
The discussion about "andyrock" started at 14:32.


=== dgadomski ===
The discussion about "dgadomski" started at 14:33.


=== jbicha ===
The discussion about "jbicha" started at 14:34.


=== jamesh ===
The discussion about "jamesh" started at 14:36.


=== jibel/heber ===
The discussion about "jibel/heber" started at 14:37.


=== kenvandine ===
The discussion about "kenvandine" started at 14:38.


=== Laney ===
The discussion about "Laney" started at 14:39.


=== oSoMoN ===
The discussion about "oSoMoN" started at 14:41.


=== seb128 ===
The discussion about "seb128" started at 14:42.


=== tkamppeter ===
The discussion about "tkamppeter" started at 14:42.


=== Trevinho ===
The discussion about "Trevinho" started at 14:43.

  * ''LINK:'' https://community.ubuntu.com/t/unity-stack-sru-for-ubuntu-16-04-help-verify/2420/5 

=== robert_ancell ===
The discussion about "robert_ancell" started at 14:45.


=== aob ===
The discussion about "aob" started at 14:45.




== Vote results ==




== Done items ==

 * (none)



== People present (lines said) ==

 * seb128 (87)
 * Laney (17)
 * oSoMoN (14)
 * andyrock (10)
 * jibel (10)
 * ubot5 (9)
 * jbicha (8)
 * tkamppeter (7)
 * kenvandine (7)
 * dgadomski (4)
 * meetingology (3)



== Full Log ==


 14:31 <seb128> #startmeeting Desktop Team Weekly Meeting - 2017-12-05

 14:31 <meetingology> Meeting started Tue Dec  5 14:31:15 2017 UTC.  The chair is seb128. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/meetingology.

 14:31 <meetingology> 

 14:31 <meetingology> Available commands: action commands idea info link nick

 14:31 <oSoMoN> o/

 14:31 <andyrock> o/

 14:31 <seb128> Roll call: andyrock, dgadomski, didrocks (out), duflu (out), jbicha, jamesh (out), jibel/heber, kenvandine, laney, oSoMoN, seb128, tkamppeter, trevinho, robert_ancell (out)

 14:31 <jibel> hi

 14:31 <jbicha> o/

 14:32 <seb128> ok, let's get started

 14:32 <seb128> #topic andyrock

 14:32 <kenvandine> o/

 14:32 <seb128> andyrock, hey

 14:33 <seb128> hum, he just waved 3 minutes ago?

 14:33 <andyrock> 1. Updated merge request for udisks2 after review (this is required to hide snap squashfs in gnome-disks)

 14:33 <andyrock> 2. Opened bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/xenial-backports/+bug/1735160 to backport python3-macaroonbakery in xenial

 14:33 <andyrock> 3. Proposed debdiff for protobuf 2.6.1 to build python3 deb too

 14:33 <andyrock> 4. Proposed debdiff for https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/google-apputils-python/+bug/1735162

 14:33 <andyrock> 5. Proposed debdiff to backport python3-macaroonbakery in xenial with some workarounds (like using proto2 instead of proto3)

 14:33 <andyrock> 6. Built a ppa to test the backport https://launchpad.net/~azzar1/+archive/ubuntu/bug-1735160

 14:33 <andyrock> 7. eow

 14:33 <ubot5> Launchpad bug 1735160 in Xenial Backports "Please backport python3-macaroonbakery 0.0.6-1 [universe] from bionic" [Undecided,New]

 14:33 <ubot5> Launchpad bug 1735162 in google-apputils-python (Ubuntu) "Cannot import basetest in python3" [Medium,In progress]

 14:33 <andyrock> sorry I didn't get the ping

 14:33 <andyrock> :D

 14:33 <seb128> no worry

 14:33 <seb128> thanks andyrock

 14:33 <seb128> #topic dgadomski

 14:34 <seb128> dgadomski, hey

 14:34 <dgadomski> hey

 14:34 <dgadomski> * refreshing debdiffs for bug #1699179

 14:34 <dgadomski> * testing -proposed fix for bug #1638695

 14:34 <ubot5> bug 1699179 in landscape-client (Ubuntu Bionic) "PackageReporter kicks in during do-release-upgrade" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1699179

 14:34 <ubot5> bug 1638695 in python2.7 (Ubuntu Xenial) "Python 2.7.12 performance regression" [High,Fix committed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1638695

 14:34 <dgadomski> eof

 14:34 <seb128> thanks dgadomski

 14:34 <seb128> #topic jbicha

 14:34 <seb128> jbicha, hey

 14:34 <jbicha> • A fresh Ubuntu 18.04 install now only installs 3 gtk2 rdepends: Firefox, Thunderbird and libgtk2-perl (for debconf). (Some input methods still require gtk2 or Qt). LP: #1585903

 14:34 <ubot5> Launchpad bug 1585903 in ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) "Make it possible to remove gtk2" [Wishlist,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1585903

 14:34 <jbicha> • Filed MIR for mod-dnssd (needed for gnome-user-share) LP: #1731065

 14:34 <ubot5> Launchpad bug 1731065 in mod-dnssd (Ubuntu) "[MIR] mod-dnssd" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1731065

 14:35 <jbicha> • Demoted mono and cvs to universe

 14:35 <jbicha> • Cherry-picked gtk3 commit to enable the Insert Emoji right-click menu item in places like gedit

 14:35 <jbicha> • spice-vdagent MIR was approved but someone needs to package a security fix before it can be promoted to main LP: #1200296

 14:35 <ubot5> Launchpad bug 1200296 in ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) "[MIR] spice-vdagent" [Wishlist,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1200296

 14:35 <jbicha> I'll probably drop the usb seed after this meeting since there hasn't been any objections so far

 14:36 <jbicha> eof

 14:36 <Laney> yeah, good idea

 14:36 <seb128> sounds good indeed

 14:36 <seb128> thanks jbicha

 14:36 <seb128> #topic jamesh

 14:36 <seb128> snapcraft-desktop-helpers:

 14:36 <seb128> * my two PRs got merged, improving performance for snaps using the

 14:36 <seb128> GNOME platform snap.

 14:36 <seb128> * unfortunately there were reports of problems from people not using

 14:36 <seb128> the platform snap.  This was down to the older GLib in 16.04 not

 14:36 <seb128> looking for scheams in $XDG_DATA_HOME.  A fix for this has been pushed

 14:37 <seb128> out, and no further problems have been reported.

 14:37 <seb128> * I'd like to bring the speed ups to the non-platform versions of the

 14:37 <seb128> part, but it doesn't look like snapcraft currently has the required

 14:37 <seb128> hooks at the moment.  I started a thread on the forum to see if there

 14:37 <seb128> is interest in adding them.

 14:37 <seb128> snapd:

 14:37 <seb128> * user-mounts branch is still waiting to land.  I need to follow up on

 14:37 <seb128> what else needs doing.

 14:37 <seb128> * gnome-online-accounts-service branch works

 14:37 <seb128> #topic jibel/heber

 14:37 <seb128> jibel, heber, hey

 14:37 <jibel> - Finished SRU verification of gnome-software in artful, waiting for publication to -updates.

 14:37 <jibel> - Investigated how to run gtk apps with dtrace enabled for glib to measure application performance.

 14:37 <jibel> - Defined a basic set of tests to smoke test releases of Firefox.

 14:37 <jibel> - Ported selenium autopkgtest of Chromium to Firefox.

 14:37 <jibel> - Investigated specific cases of upgrade failures for customers.

 14:37 <jibel> - Submitted merge proposal for snapd tests.

 14:37 <jibel> - Testing of Bluez 5.47 snap on desktop.

 14:37 <jibel> - Snap autopilot-gtk in progress but the introspection of GTK apps is still not working…

 14:37 <jibel> ...

 14:37 <seb128> thanks jibel

 14:38 <seb128> #topic kenvandine

 14:38 <seb128> kenvandine, hey

 14:38 <kenvandine> * Reviewed, tested and merged the desktop helpers PRs from jamesh.

 14:38 <kenvandine> * Debugged issues found with the desktop helpers improvements related to gsettings schemas and the gtk3 launcher

 14:38 <kenvandine> * Rebuilt all of the GNOME snaps with the improved desktop helpers

 14:38 <kenvandine> * Two more GNOME projects accepted the snap packaging upstream

 14:38 <kenvandine> * Working on test snaps for desktop helper testing

 14:38 <kenvandine> EOF

 14:39 <seb128> thanks kenvandine

 14:39 <seb128> #topic Laney

 14:39 <seb128> Laney, hey

 14:39 <Laney> sup

 14:39 <Laney> • short week due to hols

 14:39 <Laney> • autopkgtest:

 14:39 <Laney> ∘ kernel bug that takes down the machines is still happening, whinged at apw about that and now sforshee is assigned

 14:39 <Laney> ‣ trained him on how to get into the environment and operate nova enough to work on a fix

 14:39 <Laney> ∘ some more skill sharing with Steve

 14:39 <Laney> • systemd-session

 14:39 <Laney> ∘ started working on this, kicked some upstream bugs a bit

 14:39 <Laney> ∘ been working on some units to push upstream

 14:40 <Laney> ∘ trying to understand what upstream changes are going to be needed (gnome-session stuff)

 14:40 <Laney> ∘ now I can log in to a black screen!

 14:40 <Laney> ∘ going to be an ongoing project

 14:40 <Laney> • snap seeding

 14:40 <Laney> ∘ got review from Colin, fixed based on that feedback

 14:40 <Laney> ∘ he raised the issue of classic snaps, apparently they need to be seeded differently so we'll have to be able to specify that in the seed I think

 14:40 <Laney> 🎄

 14:40 <seb128> thanks Laney, quite some work for a post-week-off couple of days :)

 14:41 <seb128> #topic oSoMoN

 14:41 <seb128> oSoMoN, hey

 14:41 <oSoMoN> hey

 14:41 <oSoMoN> • chromium

 14:41 <oSoMoN> ∘ updated chromium dev to 64.0.3278.0, and updated snap in edge channel

 14:41 <oSoMoN> ∘ updated chromium beta to 63.0.3239.70, and update snap in beta channel

 14:41 <oSoMoN> ∘ rebased hardware-accelerated video decoding PPA on latest dev branch: https://launchpad.net/~osomon/+archive/ubuntu/cr-vaapi-test/+packages, need to test again and find out what upstream is up to

 14:41 <oSoMoN> ∘ tested a11y in latest dev branch, good improvements to exposing the accessibility tree but OSK still not functional, with a simple (and incomplete) patch I enabled it and submitted to upstream authors interested in a11y, they are working on it already

 14:41 <oSoMoN> ∘ expecting beta branch to be promoted to stable this week

 14:41 <oSoMoN> ∘ currently investigating snap issues with nvidia proprietary drivers with jd_strand and po_pey's invaluable help

 14:41 <oSoMoN> • libreoffice

 14:41 <oSoMoN> ∘ 5.4.3 migrated from bionic-proposed to the release pocket (i386 autopkgtest failures were ignored)

 14:41 <oSoMoN> ∘ 5.4.2 SRU migrated to artful-updates after a possible regression (bug #1733849) was discarded

 14:41 <ubot5> bug 1699772 in linux (Ubuntu) "duplicate for #1733849 linux-image-4.13.0-12-generic, linux-image-4.10.0-24-generic, linux-image-4.8.0-56-generic, linux-image-4.4.0-81-generic, linux-image-3.13.0-121-generic | Regression: many user-space apps crashing" [Critical,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1699772

 14:41 <oSoMoN> ∘ 5.4.3 snap has been in candidate channel for a few days (rebuilt against updated desktop helpers, now with logic for mime, icon and schema cache generation at build time rather than at run time) and no negative feedback so far, will promote to stable channel today

 14:41 <oSoMoN> that's it from me

 14:41 <seb128> quite a busy week it seems :)

 14:42 <seb128> thanks oSoMoN

 14:42 <seb128> #topic seb128

 14:42 <seb128> • had two day off work

 14:42 <seb128> • some sponsoring (pulseaudio, totem-pl-parser)

 14:42 <seb128> • usual rounds of bugs triaging

 14:42 <seb128> • continued reviewing the plans for the cycle and discussed details of some of the work with people

 14:42 <seb128> </:week>

 14:42 <seb128> #topic tkamppeter

 14:42 <seb128> tkamppeter, hey

 14:42 <tkamppeter> - cpdb-libs: Released version 1.1.0 upstream, to solve problems with Debian packaging.

 14:42 <tkamppeter> - avahi: Received the patch for advertising services on localhost. It is actually a one-liner! One of the GSoC 2017 students did it for me. I have reviewed it and now I am preparing for testing it. Now 18.04 will ship the complete driverless printing fun, including USB.

 14:42 <tkamppeter> - Google Summer of Code 2018: Sahil (who did the PCLm support in cups-filters, for Mopria and WiFi Direct) got his first job starting in July 2018 (congrats), but wants to do (and we want, too) the GSoC 2018, too. He has the next two months free, so he will do his GSoC 2018 in Dec 2017, Jan 2018, and May 2018. Similar will probably happen with Nilanjana. I will probably mentor these students. If all works out 18.04 will already have some GSoC 201

 14:42 <tkamppeter> 8 code, shipping one month before start of official GSoC 2018 coding.

 14:43 <tkamppeter> - Google Summer of Code 2018: Continued planning.

 14:43 <tkamppeter> - CUPS snap: Some exchange of ideas.

 14:43 <tkamppeter> - Bugs.

 14:43 <seb128> thanks tkamppeter

 14:43 <seb128> #topic Trevinho

 14:44 <seb128> Trevinho, hey, around or should I copy your summary from the email you sent?

 14:44 <seb128> copy it is

 14:44 <seb128> · Various fixes at the gjs PR to avoid acccess to deleted objects

 14:44 <seb128> methods / properties, added tests and got merged:

 14:44 <seb128> https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gjs/merge_requests/22

 14:44 <seb128> · Fixed some gnome-shell issues (potential crashes) caused

 14:44 <seb128> by access to deleted objects:

 14:44 <seb128> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=791233

 14:44 <ubot5> Gnome bug 791233 in general "Various Javascript errors in accessing deleted object properties" [Normal,New]

 14:44 <seb128> · Finished the SRU for the unity stack in xenial, did some fixes

 14:44 <seb128> to it, and wrote a call-for testing post to get people verify

 14:44 <seb128> the fixed bugs

 14:44 <seb128> https://community.ubuntu.com/t/unity-stack-sru-for-ubuntu-16-04-help-verify/2420/5

 14:44 <seb128> · Got in touch with Ambiance-RW author and did some triaging

 14:45 <seb128> to get him propose upstream his changes.

 14:45 <seb128> · Fractional scaling work:

 14:45 <seb128> - Fixed some issues with the a11y zoom

 14:45 <seb128> - Some refactoring to fix some blurry effects that were

 14:45 <seb128> happening when using fractional scale.

 14:45 <seb128> - Fixed loading of some kinds of textures using TextureCache

 14:45 <seb128> when having resource-scale.

 14:45 <seb128> - A refactoring of TextureCache to fix potential crashes

 14:45 <seb128> on loading sliced images.

 14:45 <seb128> #topic robert_ancell

 14:45 <seb128> - Got first iteration of guest support branch for AccountsService

 14:45 <seb128> - Working on guest support in GDM

 14:45 <seb128> - Code clean-ups in GDM

 14:45 <seb128> - Analysing gnome-software crashers in errors.ubuntu.com

 14:45 <seb128> #topic aob

 14:45 <seb128> did I forget anyone? any other topic?

 14:46 <seb128> k, seems not

 14:46 <seb128> efficient meeting today, let's wrap then

 14:47 <seb128> thanks everyone

 14:47 <seb128> #endmeeting



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