GNOME3 Staging PPA

In addition to the GNOME3 PPA and Rico's PPAs, we have a new experimental PPA for raring which we are using to upload GNOME 3.7:

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ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-staging

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As Ubuntu's efforts are focused on GNOME 3.6, this PPA doesn't have the same level of quality and testing that goes into the regular GNOME3 PPA. GNOME 3.7 itself is still a work in progress.

I just uploaded gnome-control-center/gnome-settings-daemon 3.7.3 to the PPA. The most obvious regression it introduces is that external panels aren't working (they've never been officially supported by GNOME).

I've also uploaded gnome-shell 3.7.3. When I tested it I saw two major bugs: the user menu in the top right is missing, and using the keyboard to enter text in Shell dialogs (like Alt+F2, authentication prompts, unlocking the screen or the Activities Overview) doesn't work reliably. I reported both those bugs to GNOME but we've not figured out what the root cause is yet.

Unless you like broken things, you probably don't want this PPA yet. At least make sure you know how to use ppa-purge first.

On the other hand, it would help us and the GNOME developers out if you would give the PPA a try so that we can find and fix bugs before 3.8 is final. If you're interested in packaging, this is a great opportunity to get involved to help package the GNOME milestone releases.

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Originally Posted by jbicha

On the other hand, it would help us and the GNOME developers out if you would give the PPA a try so that we can find and fix bugs before 3.8 is final. If you're interested in packaging, this is a great opportunity to get involved to help package the GNOME milestone releases.

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Where do bug reports get filed? (or tagged?
(g-c-c was a no go

@jbicha

As I stated here, I would like to help out testing. :)

What would be the easiest way to get a RR-UGR installed ?

Install the daily build of the Ubuntu-Server 13.04 and then install the “ubuntu-gnome-meta” package ?

Or do you recommend something else until the bug in the build script is sorted out ?

BTW, the Gnome3 ppa doesn't seem to have any packages for Raring at all ?

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Originally Posted by jbicha

Unless you like broken things, you probably don't want this PPA [...]

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Breakage! Yes! That's what I'm talkin' about!!! LoL! :D

Heh! I'm in...

Code:

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Commit Log for Sun Dec 23 21:17:07 2012


Upgraded the following packages:
eog (3.6.2-0ubuntu1) to 3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
evince (3.6.1-1ubuntu1) to 3.7.1-0ubuntu1~raring1
evince-common (3.6.1-1ubuntu1) to 3.7.1-0ubuntu1~raring1
file-roller (3.6.3-1ubuntu2) to 3.7.1-0ubuntu1~raring1
gcr (3.6.2-0ubuntu1) to 3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
gdm (3.6.1-0ubuntu1) to 3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
gir1.2-evince-3.0 (3.6.1-1ubuntu1) to 3.7.1-0ubuntu1~raring1
gir1.2-gck-1 (3.6.2-0ubuntu1) to 3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
gir1.2-gcr-3 (3.6.2-0ubuntu1) to 3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
gir1.2-gdesktopenums-3.0 (3.7.2.2+git20121218.6bf6140a-0ubuntu1~12.10~ricotz0) to 3.7.3-0ubuntu1~raring1
gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 (3.7.2-0ubuntu1~12.10~ricotz0.1) to 3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
gir1.2-gtkclutter-1.0 (1.4.1+git20121211.e0bfbaf1-0ubuntu1~12.10~ricotz0) to 1.4.2-0ubuntu1
gir1.2-nautilus-3.0 (1:3.7.1+git20121102.570e9569-0ubuntu1~13.04~ricotz1) to 1:3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
gjs (1.35.2+git20121210.8cf1c76f-0ubuntu1~12.10~ricotz0) to 1.35.3-0ubuntu1~raring1
glib-networking (2.34.2-0ubuntu1) to 2.35.3-0ubuntu1~raring3
glib-networking-common (2.34.2-0ubuntu1) to 2.35.3-0ubuntu1~raring3
glib-networking-services (2.34.2-0ubuntu1) to 2.35.3-0ubuntu1~raring3
gnome-contacts (3.6.2-0ubuntu1) to 3.7.3-0ubuntu1~raring2
gnome-control-center (1:3.6.3-0ubuntu9) to 1:3.7.3-0ubuntu1~raring2
gnome-control-center-data (1:3.6.3-0ubuntu9) to 1:3.7.3-0ubuntu1~raring2
gnome-desktop3-data (3.7.2-0ubuntu1~12.10~ricotz0.1) to 3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
gnome-documents (3.6.2-1) to 3.7.3-0ubuntu1~raring1
gnome-font-viewer (3.6.2-0ubuntu1) to 3.7.3-0ubuntu1~raring1
gnome-icon-theme (3.6.2-0ubuntu1) to 3.7.0~git20121203.372f0e3a-0ubuntu1
gnome-icon-theme-full (3.6.2-0ubuntu1) to 3.7.0~git20121203.372f0e3a-0ubuntu1
gnome-keyring (3.6.2-0ubuntu1) to 3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
gnome-mahjongg (1:3.6.1-0ubuntu2) to 1:3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
gnome-session (3.6.2-0ubuntu2) to 3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
gnome-session-bin (3.6.2-0ubuntu2) to 3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
gnome-session-common (3.6.2-0ubuntu2) to 3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
gnome-session-fallback (3.6.2-0ubuntu2) to 3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
gnome-settings-daemon (3.6.3-0ubuntu4) to 3.7.3-0ubuntu1~raring1
gnome-sudoku (1:3.6.1-0ubuntu2) to 1:3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
gnome-sushi (3.6.1-0ubuntu1) to 3.7.3-0ubuntu1~raring1
gsettings-desktop-schemas (3.7.2.2+git20121218.6bf6140a-0ubuntu1~12.10~ricotz0) to 3.7.3-0ubuntu1~raring1
iagno (1:3.6.1-0ubuntu2) to 1:3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 (1.4.1+git20121211.e0bfbaf1-0ubuntu1~12.10~ricotz0) to 1.4.2-0ubuntu1
libevdocument3-4 (3.6.1-1ubuntu1) to 3.7.1-0ubuntu1~raring1
libevview3-3 (3.6.1-1ubuntu1) to 3.7.1-0ubuntu1~raring1
libgck-1-0 (3.6.2-0ubuntu1) to 3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
libgcr-3-1 (3.6.2-0ubuntu1) to 3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
libgcr-3-common (3.6.2-0ubuntu1) to 3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
libgjs0c (1.35.2+git20121210.8cf1c76f-0ubuntu1~12.10~ricotz0) to 1.35.3-0ubuntu1~raring1
libgnome-control-center1 (1:3.6.3-0ubuntu9) to 1:3.7.3-0ubuntu1~raring2
libgnome-desktop-3-4 (3.7.2-0ubuntu1~12.10~ricotz0.1) to 3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
libgweather-3-1 (3.6.2-0ubuntu1) to 3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
libgweather-common (3.6.2-0ubuntu1) to 3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
libnautilus-extension1a (1:3.7.1+git20121102.570e9569-0ubuntu1~13.04~ricotz1) to 1:3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
libpam-gnome-keyring (3.6.2-0ubuntu1) to 3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
libwacom-common (0.6-1) to 0.7-0ubuntu1~raring1
libwacom2 (0.6-1) to 0.7-0ubuntu1~raring1
libyelp0 (3.6.2-0ubuntu1) to 3.7.3-0ubuntu1~raring1
lightsoff (1:3.6.1-0ubuntu2) to 1:3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
nautilus (1:3.7.1+git20121102.570e9569-0ubuntu1~13.04~ricotz1) to 1:3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
nautilus-data (1:3.7.1+git20121102.570e9569-0ubuntu1~13.04~ricotz1) to 1:3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
quadrapassel (1:3.6.1-0ubuntu2) to 1:3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
seahorse (3.6.3-0ubuntu1) to 3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
swell-foop (1:3.6.1-0ubuntu2) to 1:3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
vinagre (3.6.2-0ubuntu1) to 3.7.3-0ubuntu1~raring1
vino (3.6.2-0ubuntu1) to 3.7.3-0ubuntu1~raring1
yelp (3.6.2-0ubuntu1) to 3.7.3-0ubuntu1~raring1
yelp-xsl (3.6.1-1) to 3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
zenity (3.6.0-0ubuntu1) to 3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1
zenity-common (3.6.0-0ubuntu1) to 3.7.2-0ubuntu1~raring1

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BTW, it's working great, so far.

Bring it on... :guitar:

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Originally Posted by jbicha

I've also uploaded gnome-shell 3.7.3. When I tested it [...] the user menu in the top right is missing [...]

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This user menu :confused:

http://vindsl.com/images/vindsl-desk...4(650x520).png

I gave it a try, and most everything seemed to work fine, except, as you noted, Gnome Shell. I ppa-purged it and will try again a little bit down the road.

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Originally Posted by sgage

I gave it a try, and most everything seemed to work fine, except, as you noted, Gnome Shell.[...]

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Interesting!

GS is working perfectly for me, but Unity is a total mess.

The iconset, theme, fonts, et cetera (in Unity) are all back to default(s), even though various utilities are indicating that they are using my custom settings.

I reset Unity/Compiz, and it didn't do a thing, except change the icon size to the default size (48, I think).

I tried changing the wallpaper, several times, but all I'm seeing is a solid black background.

Heh! This is great! :D

From another thread... ;)

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Originally Posted by grahammechanical

[...] I was reading a link to a blog the other day where a theme designer was complaining that every time he modified his theme to work with Gnome 3 the next development of Gnome 3 broke the theme.

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I'll go change themes, in Unity, and see if that helps.

Then, again, that's probably why my user menu is working in GS...

Well, 3 hours (in Unity) later, I'm still scratching my head.

Compiz works fine. I got bored and managed to setup a "rotating cube" without crashing the desktop, which, in itself, is rather odd.

dconf/gconf, gnome-tweak, ubuntu-tweak, et cetera reported nothing has changed in my custom settings, but Unity doesn't recognize any of them. Nor, does changing any of these settings make any difference on the desktop.

GS is working fine, so, I'll use it tonight, and tackle Unity tomorrow, after all of the Christmas festivities.

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Originally Posted by VinDSL

Well, 3 hours (in Unity) later, I'm still scratching my head.

Compiz works fine. I got bored and managed to setup a "rotating cube" without crashing the desktop, which, in itself, is rather odd.

dconf/gconf, gnome-tweak, ubuntu-tweak, et cetera reported nothing has changed in my custom settings, but Unity doesn't recognize any of them. Nor, does changing any of these settings make any difference on the desktop.

GS is working fine, so, I'll use it tonight, and tackle Unity tomorrow, after all of the Christmas festivities.

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Well you'd have a new gtk (3.7.x), so that's bound to affect the light-themes/menus, ect. & possibly some indicators. Also the new g-c-c could be troublesome in an ubuntu session.