[Bug 1970424] Re: Have ubuntu-desktop-minimal depend on xdg-desktop-portal-gnome

[Jeremy Bicha]

** Package changed: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) => gnome-session (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: gnome-session (Ubuntu)
       Status: Fix Released => Triaged

** Description changed:

- I propose having ubuntu-desktop-minimal depend on
+ I propose having ubuntu-session depend on
  xdg-desktop-portal-gnome | xdg-desktop-portal-backend
  
- Currently, there is only a Recommends on xdg-desktop-portal-gnome.
+ Currently, ubuntu-desktop-minimal Recommends xdg-desktop-portal-gnome.
  
- If a system doesn't have that dependency installed, then desktop snaps
+ If a system doesn't have a portal backend installed, then desktop snaps
  including our critical Firefox and Chromium snaps have severe missing
- functionality.
+ functionality. So we need to make this a harder dependency
+ 
+ ubuntu-desktop-minimal is a special germinate package and doesn't accept
+ alternate dependencies. An alternate dependency is needed because we
+ want to allow people to use a different portal backend and the easiest
+ way to use a different portal backend is to install the backend you want
+ and uninstall the ones you don't want.
  
  Original Bug Report
  -------------------
  With ubuntu 22.04 firefox comes as snap package by default.
  
  it is not possible to open any file dialog. save graphics as, save html
  page, import certificate never opens a file dialog.
  
  firefox is completly useless without that file dialog.
  
  (the root case is ubuntu uses snap)
  
  further: in snap store firefox has no icon and it's called firefox not
  "Firefox".

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Title:
  Have ubuntu-desktop-minimal depend on xdg-desktop-portal-gnome

Status in gnome-session package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in gnome-session source package in Jammy:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  I propose having ubuntu-session depend on
  xdg-desktop-portal-gnome | xdg-desktop-portal-backend

  Currently, ubuntu-desktop-minimal Recommends xdg-desktop-portal-gnome.

  If a system doesn't have a portal backend installed, then desktop
  snaps including our critical Firefox and Chromium snaps have severe
  missing functionality. So we need to make this a harder dependency

  ubuntu-desktop-minimal is a special germinate package and doesn't
  accept alternate dependencies. An alternate dependency is needed
  because we want to allow people to use a different portal backend and
  the easiest way to use a different portal backend is to install the
  backend you want and uninstall the ones you don't want.

  Original Bug Report
  -------------------
  With ubuntu 22.04 firefox comes as snap package by default.

  it is not possible to open any file dialog. save graphics as, save
  html page, import certificate never opens a file dialog.

  firefox is completly useless without that file dialog.

  (the root case is ubuntu uses snap)

  further: in snap store firefox has no icon and it's called firefox not
  "Firefox".

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