Public bug reported: Reason ====== Ubuntu Desktop is stuck at gnome-remote-desktop 48 Alpha because newer versions require libva2. Ubuntu Desktop wants to ship gnome-remote-desktop 48.0 for Ubuntu 25.04
Impact ====== As part of the Main Inclusion Review, I needed to make 2 late changes: 1. Disable the trace feature. This appears to be unused and its impact is negligible. 2. libva2 Recommends va-driver-all. It is not allowed for a package in main to have Depends or Recommends on a package in universe. Ubuntu Desktop wants to keep va-driver-all in Universe to limit the scope of this MIR to what is achievable and needed now. Therefore, we are demoting va-driver-all to Suggests. This affects every single Ubuntu Desktop Flavor which will now need to manually add va-driver-all to their seeds and rebuild their metapackages to keep the current situation. va-driver-all (from libva) is seeded in: edubuntu: daily-live, daily-preinstalled kubuntu: daily-live lubuntu: daily-live ubuntu-budgie: daily-live ubuntu-mate: daily-live ubuntu-unity: daily-live ubuntucinnamon: daily-live ubuntukylin: daily-live ubuntustudio: daily-live xubuntu: daily-live, daily-minimal If this FFe is approved, I will work with all the Ubuntu Desktop flavors to ensure this work is completed quickly. Testing Story ============= gnome-remote-desktop's new "zero copy rendering" feature that requires the new libva2 dependency is actually still hidden behind a debug flag. Therefore, there isn't really a change in gnome-remote-desktop for end users. Background ========== The MIR was filed as LP: #2097800 . It needed to complete a Security review which was finished March 21. ** Affects: libva (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: block-proposed plucky update-excuse ** Tags added: plucky update-excuse ** Tags added: block-proposed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2104050 Title: [FFe] move libva2 to Ubuntu main To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libva/+bug/2104050/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs