[UIFe] Don't show GNOME Books by default
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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One Hundred Papercuts |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Ubuntu GNOME |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
gnome-documents (Debian) |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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gnome-documents (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Xenial |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
User Interface Freeze Exception Justification
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To avoid getting bug reports and negative feedback from an app that does almost nothing, I propose we hide GNOME Books for Ubuntu (GNOME) 16.04 LTS.
gnome-documents (and therefore gnome-books) is included by default in Ubuntu GNOME but not other official Ubuntu flavors.
This change was made in Debian and Ubuntu yakkety-proposed 3.20.0-3 (not built on yakkety because it's depwaiting on GTK 3.20 but that will be cleared up one way or the other later in the yakkety release cycle).
$ seeded-in-ubuntu -b gnome-documents
gnome-documents is seeded in:
ubuntu-gnome: daily-live
List Notifications
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Original Bug Description
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I think the "Books" app included in GNOME is so incomplete that it
would be better to set NoDisplay=True for it.
What happens when you launch GNOME Books
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Books opens, showing you the .cbr, .cbz, .djvu, .mobi, .epub files it finds in your tracker-searched folders.
The only file type it lets you actually view though is .cbr and .cbz (which are usually used for comic books). For everything else, it displays an uphelpful error message:
https:/
Since the evince "Document Viewer" can also display .cbr and .cbz files just fine, GNOME Books is redundant.
Worse, "Books" implies that it will let you read commonly used ebook formats such as .epub or .mobi but it cannot.
GNOME Books development is slow. The initial Books feature is a year and a half old and the "coming soon" message is a year old.
https:/
Once Books gets epub support, we should probably show the Books app again. You can follow the progress of that effort at https:/
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: gnome-documents 3.20.0-2~xenial2 [origin: LP-PPA-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Sun May 22 16:13:59 2016
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-09 (42 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Beta amd64 (20160408)
SourcePackage: gnome-documents
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Changed in gnome-documents (Debian): | |
status: | Unknown → New |
summary: |
- Don't show GNOME Books by default + [UIFe] Don't show GNOME Books by default |
description: | updated |
Changed in gnome-documents (Debian): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
description: | updated |
Changed in gnome-documents (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Fix Committed |
status: | Fix Committed → New |
Changed in gnome-documents (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in gnome-documents (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in ubuntu-gnome: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
tags: | added: xenial |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in gnome-documents (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in gnome-documents (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Changed in ubuntu-gnome: | |
status: | Triaged → Fix Released |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
status: | Triaged → Fix Released |
I am fine with this change, if you prepare the change I will sponsor it for you.