libreoffice-gtk3 must be out of the box

[Mikhail Novosyolov]

Libreoffice has different regressions in VCL GTK2 from version to version, e.g. freezes during scrolling. VCL GTK3 is mature and does not have these problems. Why is libreoffice-gtk3 not installed out of the box in Xubuntu?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: xubuntu-desktop 2.224
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-15.16-generic 4.15.15
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Tue Apr 10 01:19:07 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-08-28 (224 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
SourcePackage: xubuntu-meta
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-02-08 (60 days ago)

[Sean Davis (bluesabre)]

Can you link to any of the regression bugs in the GTK2 version? I've noticed several graphical regressions when using the GTK3 version in both the main interface and with the tabs in the preference dialogs.

[Mikhail Novosyolov (mikhailnov)]

They appear and disappear in different versions , and I can't reproduce some of them in 100% cases, so I didn't try to report them.
I saw regressions in GTK3 somewhere at Libreoffice ~5.1.x, but then GTK3 became much better than GTK2

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package xubuntu-meta - 2.225

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xubuntu-meta (2.225) bionic; urgency=medium

  * Refreshed dependencies
  * Added libreoffice-gnome to desktop-recommends [amd64 arm64 i386
    ppc64el s390x]
    - Enables editing files accessed with gvfs (LP: #1689008)
    - Pulls libreoffice-gtk3 which is graphically similar to
      libreoffice-gtk2 but better supported (LP: #1762569)
  * Removed libreoffice-gtk from desktop-recommends [amd64 arm64 i386
    ppc64el s390x]

 -- Sean Davis <email address hidden> Wed, 11 Apr 2018 21:40:15 -0400