SRU the current 40.1 stable update

[Sebastien Bacher]

* Impact
That's the current GNOME stable update, including some fixes and translation updates
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/blob/gnome-40/NEWS

* Test case

The update is part of GNOME stable updates
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates/GNOME

Check that browsing different website works as expected

* Regression potential

There is no specific change or feature to test in that update

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/epiphany-browser/40.1-1

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Hello Sebastien, or anyone else affected,

Accepted epiphany-browser into hirsute-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/epiphany-browser/40.1-0ubuntu1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-hirsute to verification-done-hirsute. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-hirsute. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Testing 40.1-0ubuntu1 browsing random websites, playing videos in youtube, changing preferences is working as expected

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package epiphany-browser - 40.1-0ubuntu1

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epiphany-browser (40.1-0ubuntu1) hirsute; urgency=medium

  * New stable update (lp: #1926939)
  * debian/patches/git_versions_tests.patch:
    - removed, included in the new version

 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Mon, 03 May 2021 10:58:09 +0200

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for epiphany-browser has completed successfully and the package is now being released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.