FYI, if a user has a 22.04 install where they have explicitly removed snapd/firefox this will add them back. Not sure if this was a consideration in the fix/testing.
Also, the apt resolver is pulling in snapd while holding ubuntu-desktop back during staging which made finding the cause of the snapd/firefox installation a bit hard to track down since no packages upgraded in the same unattended-upgrades operation had dependencies on them. (thread: https://hachyderm.io/@rcj4747/110667685702206834) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-meta in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1992688 Title: firefox deb not installed Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in firefox source package in Jammy: Invalid Status in ubuntu-meta source package in Jammy: Fix Released Bug description: Impact ------ Applications which use x-www-browser to launch a browser will not work on a freshly installed Ubuntu 22.04 system as the firefox deb (which provides x-www-browser) is not installed. Test Plan --------- 1) Install Ubuntu 22.04.2 using an amd64 desktop iso image 2) Open a terminal 3) Run x-www-browser www.ubuntu.com 4) Observe a command not found message which recommends installing firefox Installing of a daily build of Ubuntu 22.04 with -proposed enabled and ubuntu-desktop version 1.481.1 will not exhibit the above problem. Where problems could occur -------------------------- Other Info ---------- I tested an upgrade from Ubuntu 20.04 to Ubuntu 22.04 and the firefox deb was not removed during the upgrade process so upgrades are a non-issue. Original Description -------------------- Bug 1964036 leads me to believe that the firefox deb provides some important functionality (the firefox favourite icon in the gnome shell dock) but there is nothing that would require the deb to be installed (it is not seeded nor has an rdep) and the package description indicates that it can be safely removed. Is there some important functionality that it provides? ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10 Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:22.10.8 ProcVersionSignature: User Name 5.19.0-19.19-generic 5.19.7 Uname: Linux 5.19.0-19-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.23.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckMismatches: ./boot/grub/grub.cfg CasperMD5CheckResult: fail CrashDB: ubuntu CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Oct 12 11:30:46 2022 InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-04-27 (167 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220419) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bashSourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to kinetic on 2022-10-12 (0 days ago) VarLogDistupgradeTermlog: To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1992688/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
