[FFE] build ubuntu-desktop package for riscv64

[Heinrich Schuchardt]

Currently the ubuntu-desktop and the ubuntu-desktop-minimal package are missing for riscv64. This makes it difficult for users to upgrade from a server image to a full desktop.

Ubuntu-destkop and Ubuntu-desktop-minimal are just meta packages. So the only problems that could arise for a user are:

* the package is not installable if a dependency is missing
* the numerous dependent packages may exceed the disk space.

As the riscv64 packages have not existed before and are not included in any images there is no regression risk.

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

The Ubuntu Desktop Team is ok with this change.

We'll continue to only produce Ubuntu Desktop ISOs for just amd64 and arm64 and those are the only architectures we officially support for desktop use cases. But we don't have a problem with making the metapackages available on other architectures.

Thank you for proposing this!

[Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100)]

Tricky. It's a bit sad that we're doing this now, as this might potentially spawn some bug reports from RISC-V users that will now try to install ubuntu-desktop and run into problems. That being said, I suppose the userbase is still small and I know Heinrich is actively looking into this right now. In this case, let's proceed! Will still need a sponsor (not sure if I'll be able to get to it today).

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

I've uploaded and unsubscribed ubuntu-sponsors. Thanks!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-meta - 1.494

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ubuntu-meta (1.494) kinetic; urgency=medium

  * Provide ubuntu-desktop for riscv64 (LP: #1989733)

 -- Heinrich Schuchardt <email address hidden> Thu, 15 Sep 2022 11:11:32 +0200