SRU more minor fixes to GNOME Software

[William Hua]

[Impact]

Improve the usability of GNOME Software by fixing the following bugs:

* Some KDE4 applications cannot be launched (e.g. kolourpaint) (LP: #1575529)
* Added error checking for the case where the ratings and reviews server isn't accessible
* Fix a couple of CSS errors
* Fix calculation of review ratings (LP: #1581938)
* Make the app folder dialog work again (LP: #1590115)
* Remove broken symlink of xdg-app-reviews plugin (LP: #1573052)
* Disable redundant notification (LP: #1592382)
* Disable app folders feature when run outside GNOME (LP: #1590152)

[Test Cases]

* Install, then attempt to launch kolourpaint from the details shell
* Disconnect from the network, then attempt to submit a review
* Run gnome-software from the command line, verify there's no warning "failed to open plugin /usr/lib/gs-plugins-9/libgs_plugin_xdg_app_reviews.so"

[Regression Potential]

Regression potential should be low as the fixes for these bugs are fairly isolated. Some of these changes are simple removal of features that aren't supported under Unity.

[William Hua (attente)]

Fix the changelog to include bug numbers

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

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[William Hua (attente)]

Apply recent fix applied upstream for proper dialog destruction

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

thanks, the update looks good, small nitpick though ... this bug is not referenced in the changelog, maybe use it for the lines which don't have a bug reference?

[William Hua (attente)]

Reference this bug in the changelog

[William Hua (attente)]

Add fix for LP: #1573052 as well as curated snaps on the overview

[William Hua (attente)]

Feature Shout IRC snap on the overview shell

[William Hua (attente)]

Disable app folders feature outside of GNOME (LP: #1590152)
Disable annoying redundant notification (LP: #1592382)

[William Hua (attente)]

Use snap name instead of summary
Don't curate popular snaps

[William Hua (attente)]

Fix date in debian/changelog

[William Hua (attente)]

Tarball is here: https://launchpad.net/~attente/+archive/ubuntu/gnome-software/+files/gnome-software_3.20.1+git20160616.1.a708c4e-ubuntu-xenial.orig.tar.xz

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-software - 3.20.1+git20160617.1.0440874.ubuntu-xenial-0ubuntu1

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gnome-software (3.20.1+git20160617.1.0440874.ubuntu-xenial-0ubuntu1) yakkety; urgency=medium

  * New upstream snapshot from the wip/ubuntu-xenial branch at
    git://git.gnome.org/gnome-software.
    - Fix launching various KDE4 applications (LP: #1575529)
    - Guard against review server errors (LP: #1590508)
    - Fix a couple of CSS errors (LP: #1590508)
    - Fix conversion from star ratings (1-5) to G-S rating (0-100) (LP: #1581938)
    - Fix wilson score calulation (LP: #1581938)
    - Make the app folder dialog work again (LP: #1590115)
    - Remove broken symlink of xdg-app-reviews plugin (LP: #1573052)
    - Disable redundant notification (LP: #1592382)
    - Disable app folders feature when run outside GNOME (LP: #1590152)
  * Drop snap_mime_type.patch which is in this release.

 -- William Hua <email address hidden> Fri, 17 Jun 2016 09:47:49 +0100

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Laney sponsored that one, unsubscribing sponsors

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Hello William, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gnome-software into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/3.20.1+git20160617.1.0440874.ubuntu-xenial-0ubuntu1~16.04.1 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 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, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

The update works fine, setting as verified

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-software - 3.20.1+git20160617.1.0440874.ubuntu-xenial-0ubuntu1~16.04.1

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gnome-software (3.20.1+git20160617.1.0440874.ubuntu-xenial-0ubuntu1~16.04.1) xenial; urgency=medium

  * Backport to 16.04, with the world's longest version number.
  * Update Vcs-Bzr for the stable release

gnome-software (3.20.1+git20160617.1.0440874.ubuntu-xenial-0ubuntu1) yakkety; urgency=medium

  * New upstream snapshot from the wip/ubuntu-xenial branch at
    git://git.gnome.org/gnome-software.
    - Fix launching various KDE4 applications (LP: #1575529)
    - Guard against review server errors (LP: #1590508)
    - Fix a couple of CSS errors (LP: #1590508)
    - Fix conversion from star ratings (1-5) to G-S rating (0-100) (LP: #1581938)
    - Fix wilson score calulation (LP: #1581938)
    - Make the app folder dialog work again (LP: #1590115)
    - Remove broken symlink of xdg-app-reviews plugin (LP: #1573052)
    - Disable redundant notification (LP: #1592382)
    - Disable app folders feature when run outside GNOME (LP: #1590152)
  * Drop snap_mime_type.patch which is in this release.

 -- Iain Lane <email address hidden> Fri, 17 Jun 2016 10:11:30 +0100

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for gnome-software has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.