Don't recommend GNOME OS in GNOME Boxes
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-boxes (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Jammy |
Fix Released
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Impact
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GNOME Boxes shows GNOME OS in its recommended downloads list. However, GNOME OS doesn't currently run in Ubuntu's GNOME Boxes due to a firmware issue that hasn't been isolated and fixed yet.
Test Case
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We need to simulate a machine that used GNOME Boxes prior to April 2022 to make this test case reproducible.
1. Install the updated gnome-boxes
2. Open the Boxes app.
3. Click the + button.
4. You should not see GNOME OS in the list of recommended downloads.
5. Click "Download an operating system". If you search for GNOME OS, it will still show up there as an option.
What Could Go Wrong
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This updates a metadata file to remove one option that we don't want to recommend. Because it's still available in the full list of available operating systems, this should be safe. You can also boot a GNOME OS ISO you downloaded outside of GNOME Boxes using the "create virtual machine from file" option.
Other Info
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I intended to release this before Ubuntu 22.04 LTS but didn't realize I hadn't done it in April.
GNOME OS was not recommended in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS or previous Ubuntu releases.
Changed in gnome-boxes (Ubuntu Jammy): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
description: | updated |
Changed in gnome-boxes (Ubuntu Jammy): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
Hello Jeremy, or anyone else affected,
Accepted gnome-boxes into jammy-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https:/ /launchpad. net/ubuntu/ +source/ gnome-boxes/ 42.2-0ubuntu1 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- jammy to verification- done-jammy. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification- failed- jammy. 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/ PerformingSRUVe rification . 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.