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TODO list for quidam

  • merge recent MRs (see below)
  • build packages which are ready (see below)
  • after building those, attempt makeiso.sh
  • reply to strypey regarding his offer to write for the blog
  • upload a new Flidas netinstaller

    Tasks Blocking Etiona Release

  • Fix remaining package helpers (see below)
  • Fix gnome-app-install (see below) or replace it with another apt frontend
  • Fix Trisquel GTK3 window decorations or avoid apps with client-side decorations in default desktop (see below)
  • (quidam) Build trisquel-packages
  • (quidam) Build and publish graphical ISO
  • (quidam) New artwork

    Status of Package Helpers

    List of current missing packages that helpers pass OK (details below)


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    # ubufox #
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    List of helpers ready to Merge (details below)


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    # indicator-datetime - Needs fixing #
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    Details

    asunder: script fails

    Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Assume -R? [n]

    if you say [y] to the question:

    Hunk #1 succeeded at 999 with fuzz 2 (offset 136 lines).
    Hunk #2 succeeded at 1467 with fuzz 1 (offset 170 lines).
    Hunk #3 FAILED at 1545.
    1 out of 3 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file src/interface.c.rej
    patching file src/interface.h
    Hunk #1 succeeded at 17 with fuzz 1 (offset 2 lines).
    patching file src/prefs.c
    Hunk #1 succeeded at 127 with fuzz 1 (offset 5 lines).
    Hunk #2 succeeded at 191 with fuzz 1 (offset 9 lines).
    Hunk #3 succeeded at 223 with fuzz 1 (offset 11 lines).
    Hunk #4 succeeded at 283 with fuzz 1 (offset 14 lines).
    Hunk #5 succeeded at 431 (offset 81 lines).
    Hunk #6 succeeded at 604 (offset 77 lines).
    patching file src/prefs.h
    patching file src/threads.c
    Hunk #1 succeeded at 41 (offset 2 lines).
    Hunk #2 succeeded at 62 (offset 3 lines).
    Hunk #3 FAILED at 84.
    Hunk #4 FAILED at 112.
    Hunk #5 succeeded at 144 with fuzz 1 (offset 12 lines).
    Hunk #6 succeeded at 175 with fuzz 2 (offset 17 lines).
    Hunk #7 FAILED at 288.
    Hunk #8 succeeded at 350 (offset 40 lines).
    Hunk #9 succeeded at 359 (offset 41 lines).
    Hunk #10 FAILED at 456.
    Hunk #11 FAILED at 536.
    Hunk #12 FAILED at 740.
    Hunk #13 FAILED at 801.
    Hunk #14 succeeded at 1174 with fuzz 1 (offset 365 lines).
    Hunk #15 FAILED at 837.
    Hunk #16 FAILED at 848.
    Hunk #17 FAILED at 861.
    Hunk #18 succeeded at 1263 (offset 379 lines).
    Hunk #19 FAILED at 918.
    Hunk #20 FAILED at 933.
    12 out of 20 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file src/threads.c.rej
    patching file src/wrappers.c
    Hunk #1 succeeded at 37 (offset 3 lines).
    Hunk #2 succeeded at 46 (offset 4 lines).
    Hunk #3 succeeded at 55 (offset 5 lines).
    Hunk #4 succeeded at 92 with fuzz 2 (offset 6 lines).
    Hunk #5 FAILED at 96.
    Hunk #6 FAILED at 109.
    Hunk #7 succeeded at 150 (offset -12 lines).
    Hunk #8 succeeded at 194 with fuzz 2 (offset -7 lines).
    Hunk #9 FAILED at 967.
    3 out of 9 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file src/wrappers.c.rej
    patching file src/wrappers.h
    Hunk #1 succeeded at 9 (offset 1 line).
    Hunk #2 succeeded at 18 (offset 2 lines).
    Hunk #3 succeeded at 27 (offset 3 lines).
    Hunk #4 FAILED at 127.
    1 out of 4 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file src/wrappers.h.rej

    firefox: build failed
    __main__.Error: ('', 0, 'FILE_NOT_FOUND', '/<>/firefox-70.0.1+build1/debian/usr.bin.firefox.in')
    /<>/firefox-70.0.1+build1/debian/build/rules.mk:196: recipe for target 'debian/usr.bin.firefox' failed
    make: *** [debian/usr.bin.firefox] Error 1

    geoip-database-contrib: script succeeds, build succeeds, install succeeds, tested
    After installing, apt tries and fails to download from http://geolite.maxmind.com.

    icecat: script succeeds, build fails
    fails because hardening-wrapper has been deprecated and removed from Ubuntu. see https://wiki.debian.org/Hardening#Enable_or_disable_certain_hardening_features_separately

    indicator-datetime: build fails
    The following tests FAILED:
    19 - test-eds-ics-all-day-events (Failed)
    20 - test-eds-ics-repeating-events (Failed)
    21 - test-eds-ics-nonrepeating-events (Failed)
    22 - test-eds-ics-repeating-valarms (Failed)
    23 - test-eds-ics-missing-trigger (Failed)
    24 - test-eds-ics-tzids (Failed)
    25 - test-eds-ics-tzids-2 (Failed)
    26 - test-eds-ics-tzids-utc (Failed)
    27 - test-eds-ics-non-attending-alarms (Failed)
    28 - test-eds-ics-repeating-events-with-individual-change (Failed)
    Errors while running CTest

    thunderbird: build fails
    71:30.64 /<>/thunderbird-60.9.0+build1/config/recurse.mk:32: recipe for target 'compile' failed
    71:30.64 make[4]: *** [compile] Error 2
    71:30.79 make[4]: Leaving directory '/<>/thunderbird-60.9.0+build1/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu'
    71:30.87 /<>/thunderbird-60.9.0+build1/config/rules.mk:442: recipe for target 'default' failed
    71:30.87 make[3]: *** [default] Error 2
    71:31.13 make[3]: Leaving directory '/<>/thunderbird-60.9.0+build1/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu'
    71:31.18 client.mk:169: recipe for target 'build' failed
    71:31.18 make[2]: *** [build] Error 2
    71:31.20 make[2]: Leaving directory '/<>/thunderbird-60.9.0+build1'
    71:31.45 226 compiler warnings present.
    71:34.80 Failed to parse ccache stats output: stats zero time Tue Oct 1 18:46:25 2019
    71:34.87 Notification center failed: Install notify-send (usually part of the libnotify package) to get a notification when the build finishes.
    GNUmakefile:9: recipe for target 'build' failed
    make[1]: *** [build] Error 2
    make[1]: Leaving directory '/<>/thunderbird-60.9.0+build1'
    /usr/share/cdbs/1/class/makefile.mk:77: recipe for target 'debian/stamp-makefile-build' failed
    make: *** [debian/stamp-makefile-build] Error 2
    dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build subprocess returned exit status 2

    ubufox: missing from repo, reason unknown
    Status: successful
    Version: 3.4-0ubuntu1.17.10.1
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Finished at 20191124-1438
    Build needed 00:00:35, 1012k disc space

    * Last successfully build by Ark74

    ubuntu-release-upgrader: build fails - missing dependency
    The following packages have unmet dependencies:
    sbuild-build-depends-ubuntu-release-upgrader-dummy : Depends: ubuntu-drivers-common (>= 1:0.2.55) but it is not installable
    Depends: python3-update-manager (>= 1:18.04.11.10) but it is not going to be installed
    E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

    ubuntustudio-controls: only in backports

    ubuntustudio-menu: only in backports

    gnome-app-install

    In order to preserve gnome-app-install we'd need to

  • port to Python 3
  • migrate to Gtk 3
  • update to use pkexec instead of gksudo
  • find a way to regenerate app-install-data*

    *Here a very basic bash script and the .desktop files output got using apt-file as a finder tool.

    Issues with various alternatives (see also):

    gnome-software

  • would need to disable snap and flatpak integration
  • would need to disable client-side decorations or fix our Gtk 3 window decorations

    plasma-discover

  • would need to disable kde-specfic recommendations
  • would need to disable snap and flatpak integration
  • can't be included in Trisquel Mini due to Qt libs

    apper

  • does not distinguish between applications and other packages, making it a synaptic alternative, not a gnome-app-install alternative
  • can't be included in Trisquel Mini due to Qt libs

    mx-packageinstaller

  • would need to disable non-free recommendations from third-party repositories
  • relies on manual curation to distinguish between applications and other packages

    Ubuntu Mate's software-boutique

  • relies on manual curation
  • recommends non-free software from third-party repositories
  • appears to be available as a Snap package only, in which case we would need to package it ourselves

    Gtk 3 Theme

    Trisquel's Gtk theme appears to be based on the BlueMenta theme, modified to use the window buttons of the Greybird theme. However, the Gtk 3 window buttons are actually still BlueMenta's. In MATE, this is usually not noticeable, because the window manager uses the Metacity window buttons. However, applications which use client-side decoration use the Gtk 3 window buttons, so they do not match the rest of the desktop. In order to avoid cosmetic issues like this,
    gtk3 window controls
    someone who understands Gtk themes needs to modify the Trisquel theme to use Greybird's Gtk 3 window buttons.

    Furthermore, applications with client-side decorations are inconsistent even with the Greybird theme. The window button images match, but the spacing is different,
    gtk3 window controls
    possibly due to the box that appears around each window button when hovered over with the mouse, so additional work may be needed to avoid this.

    Notes

    making a local repo with reprepro
    $ sudo apt install reprepro
    $ mkdir REPO
    $ cd REPO
    $ mkdir conf

    ### edit the file "conf/distributions" to contain:

    Origin: Trisquel
    Label: Trisquel
    Codename: etiona
    Architectures: amd64
    Components: main
    UDebComponents: main
    Description: Trisquel packages
    SignWith: $YOURGPGKEY

    $ reprepro includeudeb etiona /path/to/file.udeb

    generating a list of missing packages on a Trisquel 9 system
    $ sudo apt update
    $ git clone https://devel.trisquel.info/trisquel/package-helpers.git
    $ cd package-helpers/helpers
    $ git checkout etiona

    and run the following script:
    #!/bin/bash
    #!/bin/bash
    for package in $(ls make-* | sed 's/make-//g'); do
    in_repo=$(apt showsrc $package 2>/dev/null | grep ^Package:)
    if [[ ! $in_repo ]]; then
    echo $package
    fi
    done

  • Revisions

    05/19/2019 - 19:49
    chaosmonk
    09/07/2019 - 03:37
    dctrud
    09/13/2019 - 10:17
    chaosmonk
    11/29/2019 - 21:17
    davidpgil
    12/09/2019 - 20:07
    Ark74