Adding packages to ubuntu-desktop packageset

[Alessandro Astone]

On Mon, Aug 18, 2025, 18:26 Robie Basak <racb at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 05:54:35PM +0200, Alessandro Astone wrote:
> > The gstreamer plugins are part of the ubuntu-restricted-addons
> metapackage
> > which, while not being seeded, we still offer on the desktop installer
> for
> > the user to get all the codecs, so it's still an important part of Ubuntu
> > Desktop:
> > - gst-plugins-bad1.0
> > - gst-plugins-ugly1.0
> > - gst-libav1.0
> > - gstreamer-vaapi
>
> So if someone uploads one of these packages during a freeze on the basis
> that it is not seeded, they'll inadvertently invalidate ISO QA? If
> they're being shipped, then shouldn't they *be* seeded? Or is it that
> the installer offers them by download only?
>

Yes, the installer offers them by download only.

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