Public bug reported: This is a draft to provide the Ubuntu Release Team with early notice of a likely Feature Freeze Exception for Ubuntu 25.04.
Impact ====== The Ubuntu Desktop Team would like to switch the default standalone PDF viewer app from Evince to Papers. Papers was forked from Evince and appears to be significantly better maintained than Evince currently. GNOME is expected to switch their default app for GNOME 49 later this year. The Ubuntu Desktop team does not see a need to wait until then. This was pre-announced at https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu- desktop-25-04-part-1-the-plucky-roadmap/49621 Why This Wasn't Done Sooner ========================== The required MIR was filed before Ubuntu 25.04 Feature Freeze but it also needed a review by the Ubuntu Security Team. https://launchpad.net/bugs/2097727 Papers didn't arrive in Ubuntu universe until February 2 because the Debian NEW review took a couple months. Affected Packages ================= The ubuntu-desktop metapackages (from ubuntu-meta) will have the simple swap. gtk4, gtk+3.0 and possibly gtk+2.0 will need a change to switch their default PDF viewer for the Print Preview feature (as seen in gnome-text- editor and gedit) from evince to papers. TODO: provide a diff of this change ** Affects: papers (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: plucky -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to papers in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2099693 Title: [draft] FFe: install papers instead of evince in Ubuntu Desktop by default Status in papers package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: This is a draft to provide the Ubuntu Release Team with early notice of a likely Feature Freeze Exception for Ubuntu 25.04. Impact ====== The Ubuntu Desktop Team would like to switch the default standalone PDF viewer app from Evince to Papers. Papers was forked from Evince and appears to be significantly better maintained than Evince currently. GNOME is expected to switch their default app for GNOME 49 later this year. The Ubuntu Desktop team does not see a need to wait until then. This was pre-announced at https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu- desktop-25-04-part-1-the-plucky-roadmap/49621 Why This Wasn't Done Sooner ========================== The required MIR was filed before Ubuntu 25.04 Feature Freeze but it also needed a review by the Ubuntu Security Team. https://launchpad.net/bugs/2097727 Papers didn't arrive in Ubuntu universe until February 2 because the Debian NEW review took a couple months. Affected Packages ================= The ubuntu-desktop metapackages (from ubuntu-meta) will have the simple swap. gtk4, gtk+3.0 and possibly gtk+2.0 will need a change to switch their default PDF viewer for the Print Preview feature (as seen in gnome- text-editor and gedit) from evince to papers. TODO: provide a diff of this change To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/papers/+bug/2099693/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
