| 2024-04-18 12:41:00 |
Jeremy Bícha |
description |
Impact
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Mozilla Location Services will be closed to all third parties (including Ubuntu, GNOME, KDE, etc.) on June 12, 2024.
Unfortunately, there does not appear to be any suitable replacement for our typical desktop and laptop users. (Mobile devices like phones may have GPS that could be used but those devices would only rarely be using Ubuntu and gnome-control-center.)
To avoid later UI changes and disruption only a few months from now, the Ubuntu Desktop team would prefer to disable location services before Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is released.
Other Info
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https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/-/issues/2959
gnome-control-center 46.1 to be released in a few days will also disable Location Services by default but with a build-time option for distros who have different deadlines and user profiles.
If an alternative location provider is found that works well enough for our users, we intend to re-enable this feature with a Stable Release Update if possible.
Because of this issue, Ubuntu has disabled the Location page in gnome-initial-setup for 24.04 LTS already. |
Impact
------
Mozilla Location Services will be closed to all third parties (including Ubuntu, GNOME, KDE, etc.) on June 12, 2024.
Unfortunately, there does not appear to be any suitable replacement for our typical desktop and laptop users. (Mobile devices like phones may have GPS that could be used but those devices would only rarely be using Ubuntu and gnome-control-center.)
To avoid later UI changes and disruption only a few months from now, the Ubuntu Desktop team would prefer to disable location services before Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is released.
Details
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Specifically, this hides
- Privacy & Security > Location
- Date & Time > Automatic Timezone
- Displays > Night Light > Schedule > Sunrise to Sunset
+ This last one wasn't done yet, but I expect it for gnome-control-center 46.1 which will be an SRU
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/-/issues/3014
Other Info
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https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/-/issues/2959
gnome-control-center 46.1 to be released in a few days will also disable Location Services by default but with a build-time option for distros who have different deadlines and user profiles.
If an alternative location provider is found that works well enough for our users, we intend to re-enable this feature with a Stable Release Update if possible.
Because of this issue, Ubuntu has disabled the Location page in gnome-initial-setup for 24.04 LTS already. |
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