[FFe] plasma-distro-release-notifier for Ubuntu Studio and Kubuntu

Bug #1989263 reported by Erich Eickmeyer
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Rik Mills
Kinetic
Fix Released
Undecided
Rik Mills
ubuntustudio-meta (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Erich Eickmeyer
Kinetic
Fix Released
High
Erich Eickmeyer

Bug Description

plasma-distro-release-notifier is an applet which, in conjunction with update-notifier, notifies the user of a new version of Ubuntu using the same logic that update-notifier currently uses from the configuration in /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades. This has been sorely missing from previous releases of Ubuntu Studio and Kubuntu and should be included in all releases of Ubuntu Studio and Kubuntu going forward and should be included in currently supported releases.

Currently, users are not prompted when a new version of Ubuntu is released, and as such, users of the Plasma desktop (Ubuntu Studio and Kubuntu) get stuck on an EOL release very quickly. I have seen several posts on #kubuntu and Reddit requesting help because the user simply did not know that they needed to update their machine to a newer release. Including this package would prevent that.

Tests on 20.04 using the same package have been successful, with not only a notification, but also a tray icon indicating that the upgrade is available.

The intention will be, once through this FFe process, to backport the package via SRU to 22.04. A stretch goal would be to backport the same package to Kubuntu 20.04 through the same process as it is still supported until April 2023 and many users there are not getting the prompt to upgrade.

As of this writing, plasma-distro-release-notifier has been accepted into kinetic.

Changed in ubuntustudio-meta (Ubuntu Kinetic):
milestone: none → ubuntu-22.10-beta
description: updated
summary: - [FFe] plasma-distro-release-notifier for Ubuntu Studio
+ [FFe] plasma-distro-release-notifier for Ubuntu Studio and/or Kubuntu
Changed in kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Kinetic):
assignee: nobody → Rik Mills (rikmills)
milestone: none → ubuntu-22.10-beta
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote : Re: [FFe] plasma-distro-release-notifier for Ubuntu Studio and/or Kubuntu

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

Changed in kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in ubuntustudio-meta (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Rik Mills (rikmills) wrote :

Ok with this for kinetic

description: updated
summary: - [FFe] plasma-distro-release-notifier for Ubuntu Studio and/or Kubuntu
+ [FFe] plasma-distro-release-notifier for Ubuntu Studio and Kubuntu
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Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) wrote :

I actually already looked at this earlier but didn't manage to formally +1 this. As the Kubuntu team is +1 on this as well, you have an ACK for kinetic from ubuntu-release as well. Proceed.

Changed in ubuntustudio-meta (Ubuntu Kinetic):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Changed in kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Kinetic):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) wrote :

One thing to note please: I'd like this to be tested extensively as soon as possible. Is there a test plan on how to test this thoroughly somewhere? Something that users could be asked to test?

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Erich Eickmeyer (eeickmeyer) wrote :

The easiest way to test it is to install the package in a 20.04 Kubuntu VM and reboot. I have done this, and it works perfectly. The user is notified right away of the existence of 22.04.1 and is prompted to upgrade.

Changed in ubuntustudio-meta (Ubuntu Kinetic):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
Rik Mills (rikmills)
Changed in kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Kinetic):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntustudio-meta - 0.274

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ubuntustudio-meta (0.274) kinetic; urgency=medium

  * Refreshed dependencies
  * Added plasma-distro-release-notifier to desktop-recommends (LP: #1989263)

 -- Erich Eickmeyer <email address hidden> Wed, 14 Sep 2022 07:51:43 -0700

Changed in ubuntustudio-meta (Ubuntu Kinetic):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package kubuntu-meta - 1.426

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kubuntu-meta (1.426) kinetic; urgency=medium

  * Refreshed dependencies
  * Added plasma-distro-release-notifier to desktop-recommends (LP: #1989263)

 -- Rik Mills <email address hidden> Wed, 14 Sep 2022 16:22:54 +0100

Changed in kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Kinetic):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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