** Description changed: - placeholder bug + There is a new point release in the stable GTK 4.18 series. + + https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/blob/4.18.3/NEWS + + Test Case 0 + ----------- + gtk4 has an extensive build test suite, and failures will fail the build. + gtk4 also has thorough autopkgtests. + Ensure that the build succeeds and that the autopgktests pass. + + Test Case 1 + ----------- + Make sure that opening and saving files from the Firefox and Chromium snaps still work + + Test Case 2 + ----------- + snap install portal-test --edge + snap run portal-test + Verify that the app seems to still work ok + + Test Case 3 + ----------- + Install and test gtk4-demo (from the gtk-4-examples package) as well as a few other GTK/GNOME applications like nautilus and gnome-text-editor, and verify that they continue to launch and work as expected. + + What Could Go Wrong + ------------------- + Many of the default Ubuntu desktop apps use GTK4. A serious enough regression could severely break the Ubuntu Desktop. + + Ubuntu includes xdg-desktop-portal-gnome by default which is used for + many snap actions like providing a file chooser. This is critical + functionality for our snaps. The Ubuntu flavors use a different portal + backend, most commonly xdg-desktop-portal-gtk which uses GTK3, so are + not affected by this SRU. + + gtk4 is included in the GNOME micro release exception. + + https://documentation.ubuntu.com/sru/en/latest/reference/package- + specific/
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gtk4 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2105406 Title: Update gtk4 to 4.18.3 Status in gtk4 package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: There is a new point release in the stable GTK 4.18 series. https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/blob/4.18.3/NEWS Test Case 0 ----------- gtk4 has an extensive build test suite, and failures will fail the build. gtk4 also has thorough autopkgtests. Ensure that the build succeeds and that the autopgktests pass. Test Case 1 ----------- Make sure that opening and saving files from the Firefox and Chromium snaps still work Test Case 2 ----------- snap install portal-test --edge snap run portal-test Verify that the app seems to still work ok Test Case 3 ----------- Install and test gtk4-demo (from the gtk-4-examples package) as well as a few other GTK/GNOME applications like nautilus and gnome-text-editor, and verify that they continue to launch and work as expected. What Could Go Wrong ------------------- Many of the default Ubuntu desktop apps use GTK4. A serious enough regression could severely break the Ubuntu Desktop. Ubuntu includes xdg-desktop-portal-gnome by default which is used for many snap actions like providing a file chooser. This is critical functionality for our snaps. The Ubuntu flavors use a different portal backend, most commonly xdg-desktop-portal-gtk which uses GTK3, so are not affected by this SRU. gtk4 is included in the GNOME micro release exception. https://documentation.ubuntu.com/sru/en/latest/reference/package- specific/ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk4/+bug/2105406/+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
