** Description changed:
- Logging in with GDM3 and choosing GNOME on Wayland gives me a session
- where `$HOME/.profile` **hasn't** been sourced.
+ Impact
+ ======
+ Logging in with GDM3 and choosing GNOME on Wayland gives me a session where
`$HOME/.profile` **hasn't** been sourced.
Where as logging on with standard GNOME gives me a session where
`$HOME/.profile` **has** been sourced.
+
+ Test Case
+ =========
+ This test case assumes you haven't removed any lines from the default
~/.profile that is created for you.
+ mkdir ~/bin
+ Log out. Click your user name and choose GNOME on Wayland from the gear
button and then Log in.
+ Open a terminal. Run
+ env | grep PATH
+
+ PATH will not contain /home/username/bin as the first entry
+
+ From Ubuntu GNOME, install the updated gnome-session packages
+ Log out. Log in to GNOME on Wayland
+ Open a terminal. Run
+ env | grep PATH
+
+ PATH will contain /home/username/bin as the first entry
+
+ When you're done testing, feel free to remove ~/bin if you haven't put
+ any other files in that directory.
+
+ Regression Potential
+ ====================
+ This update was pushed to Fedora 25, which uses Wayland by default although X
is still available there.
+
+ Ubuntu GNOME still uses X by default although "GNOME on Wayland" is
+ available as an included option in Ubuntu 16.04 and newer.
+
+ Other Info
+ ==========
+ The reason this bug existed for so long was that GNOME developers would like
to use a different way to let users set environment variables or whatever other
common tasks used to be done by running profile scripts. However, that new way
hasn't been implemented yet. Now that GNOME 3.22 uses Wayland by default
(overridden currently in Ubuntu and Debian stretch), this bug has become more
of a problem so developers backed down and provided this solution until the
alternative is ready.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: gnome-session-wayland 3.20.2-1ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-21.23-generic 4.8.0
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Sun Oct 9 14:52:08 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-11 (1277 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64
(20130410)
SourcePackage: gnome-session
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-10-02 (6 days ago)
** Changed in: ubuntu-gnome
Status: New => In Progress
** Changed in: ubuntu-gnome
Importance: Undecided => Low
** Changed in: gnome-session (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => In Progress
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