[FFe] UDI snap no longer strictly needed for WSL OOBE
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ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Ubuntu Desktop Installer (UDI, for short) package implementing the WSL OOBE has been ported to Windows and the WSL application is able to launch the OOBE running as a native Win32 application, instead of relying on WSLg to display the OOBE.
That implies in the possibility of replacing UDI by Subiquity snap, which results in a smaller rootfs image (besides an enhanced experience due native rendering on graphics - instead of depending on RDP as it is currently with the OOBE running inside Ubuntu).
Fixing this would require:
- replace UDI by Subiquity snaps in the WSL seed;
- updating the wsl-setup package to the latest upstream (which is able to mount and launch Subiquity from its snap) LP: #1990426 .
Following the approach above won't have effects outside of WSL.
Kinetic being not an LTS is a good release to receive the fix for this first, as it affects a small audience of Ubuntu WSL community, giving us time to learn from them before backporting this to Jammy early next cycle.
Same as the other one - a bit late, but let's go with it. Approved (since it's just a seed change).