[Bug 2039356] Re: Unreadable text during distupgrade: follow-up

[Brian Murray]

Hello Gunnar, or anyone else affected,

Accepted ubuntu-release-upgrader into mantic-proposed. The package will
build now and be available at
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/1:23.10.12
in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how
to enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this
update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been
performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-
mantic to verification-done-mantic. If it does not fix the bug for you,
please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-
failed-mantic. In either case, without details of your testing we will
not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s)
fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in
-proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

** Description changed:

  [ Impact ]
  
  This bug is a follow-up of bug #2034986. Please see that bug, especially
  comment #54, for a more verbose background to this bug report.
  
  The short story:
  
  * Ubuntu Cinnamon is hit by 'the unreadable text issue' described in the
  other bug.
  
  * Several Ubuntu flavors fail to reset the desktop font after reboot,
  since they lack the systemd integration needed for a user service to
  work.
  
  The proposed changes include
  
- * a correction of the applied gsettings schema for Ubuntu Cinnamon
+ * a correction of the applied gsettings schema for Ubuntu Cinnamon,
+ Ubuntu MATE, and Ubuntu Kylin.
  
  * use of an autostart file instead of a systemd service for a bunch of
  flavors.
  
  [ Test Plan ]
  
- Prepare updated 23.04 versions of Ubuntu Cinnamon and Ubuntu Desktop.
+ Prepare updated 23.04 versions of Ubuntu Cinnamon, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu
+ Kylin, and Ubuntu Desktop.
  
  Install version 1:23.04.7 of ubuntu-release-upgrader-core (may be in
  lunar-proposed)
  
  For upgrading use: "update-manager -d -p"
  (not sure if '-d' is still needed)
  
  As regards Ubuntu Cinnamon:
  
  * Confirm that the text is readable during the whole upgrade.
  
  * Confirm after reboot that the command
  
-   gsettings get org.cinnamon.desktop.interface font-name
+   gsettings get org.cinnamon.desktop.interface font-name (or
+ org.mate.interface)
  
-   now outputs 'Ubuntu 11' and not the temporary 'Sans 11'.
+   now outputs 'Ubuntu 11' and not the temporary 'Sans 11'.
  
  As regards Ubuntu Desktop simply confirm that the upgrade works as
  intended and that you don't notice any regression.
  
  [ Where problems could occur ]
  
  I might have made some mistake as regards gsettings schemas and/or
  flavors which need autostart. But the code it straightforward, and I
  dare to say that the _set_generic_font() function works as intended for
  more flavors with the proposed changes. And if there would be a mistake
  with respect to some particular flavor, it would affect that flavor
  only.
  
  [ Other Info ]
  
  It's worth mentioning (here too) that the applied model for preventing
  the readability issue at upgrade, i.e. changing a dconf value which
  represents the desktop font, is not effective in the case of Kubuntu,
  Lubuntu and Xubuntu. They are just not hit by the issue since the fonts
  they use have not changed during the cycle.

** Description changed:

  [ Impact ]
  
  This bug is a follow-up of bug #2034986. Please see that bug, especially
- comment #54, for a more verbose background to this bug report.
+ comment #54 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-
+ upgrader/+bug/2034986/comments/54, for a more verbose background to this
+ bug report.
  
  The short story:
  
  * Ubuntu Cinnamon is hit by 'the unreadable text issue' described in the
  other bug.
  
  * Several Ubuntu flavors fail to reset the desktop font after reboot,
  since they lack the systemd integration needed for a user service to
  work.
  
  The proposed changes include
  
  * a correction of the applied gsettings schema for Ubuntu Cinnamon,
  Ubuntu MATE, and Ubuntu Kylin.
  
  * use of an autostart file instead of a systemd service for a bunch of
  flavors.
  
  [ Test Plan ]
  
  Prepare updated 23.04 versions of Ubuntu Cinnamon, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu
  Kylin, and Ubuntu Desktop.
  
  Install version 1:23.04.7 of ubuntu-release-upgrader-core (may be in
  lunar-proposed)
  
  For upgrading use: "update-manager -d -p"
  (not sure if '-d' is still needed)
  
  As regards Ubuntu Cinnamon:
  
  * Confirm that the text is readable during the whole upgrade.
  
  * Confirm after reboot that the command
  
    gsettings get org.cinnamon.desktop.interface font-name (or
  org.mate.interface)
  
    now outputs 'Ubuntu 11' and not the temporary 'Sans 11'.
  
  As regards Ubuntu Desktop simply confirm that the upgrade works as
  intended and that you don't notice any regression.
  
  [ Where problems could occur ]
  
  I might have made some mistake as regards gsettings schemas and/or
  flavors which need autostart. But the code it straightforward, and I
  dare to say that the _set_generic_font() function works as intended for
  more flavors with the proposed changes. And if there would be a mistake
  with respect to some particular flavor, it would affect that flavor
  only.
  
  [ Other Info ]
  
  It's worth mentioning (here too) that the applied model for preventing
  the readability issue at upgrade, i.e. changing a dconf value which
  represents the desktop font, is not effective in the case of Kubuntu,
  Lubuntu and Xubuntu. They are just not hit by the issue since the fonts
  they use have not changed during the cycle.

** Changed in: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Mantic)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed verification-needed-mantic

** Description changed:

  [ Impact ]
  
  This bug is a follow-up of bug #2034986. Please see that bug, especially
  comment #54 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-
  upgrader/+bug/2034986/comments/54, for a more verbose background to this
  bug report.
  
  The short story:
  
  * Ubuntu Cinnamon is hit by 'the unreadable text issue' described in the
  other bug.
  
  * Several Ubuntu flavors fail to reset the desktop font after reboot,
  since they lack the systemd integration needed for a user service to
  work.
  
  The proposed changes include
  
  * a correction of the applied gsettings schema for Ubuntu Cinnamon,
  Ubuntu MATE, and Ubuntu Kylin.
  
  * use of an autostart file instead of a systemd service for a bunch of
  flavors.
  
  [ Test Plan ]
  
  Prepare updated 23.04 versions of Ubuntu Cinnamon, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu
  Kylin, and Ubuntu Desktop.
  
  Install version 1:23.04.7 of ubuntu-release-upgrader-core (may be in
  lunar-proposed)
  
  For upgrading use: "update-manager -d -p"
  (not sure if '-d' is still needed)
  
- As regards Ubuntu Cinnamon:
+ As regards Ubuntu Cinnamon (and Ubuntu MATE and Ubuntu Kylin):
  
  * Confirm that the text is readable during the whole upgrade.
  
  * Confirm after reboot that the command
  
    gsettings get org.cinnamon.desktop.interface font-name (or
  org.mate.interface)
  
    now outputs 'Ubuntu 11' and not the temporary 'Sans 11'.
  
  As regards Ubuntu Desktop simply confirm that the upgrade works as
  intended and that you don't notice any regression.
  
  [ Where problems could occur ]
  
  I might have made some mistake as regards gsettings schemas and/or
  flavors which need autostart. But the code it straightforward, and I
  dare to say that the _set_generic_font() function works as intended for
  more flavors with the proposed changes. And if there would be a mistake
  with respect to some particular flavor, it would affect that flavor
  only.
  
  [ Other Info ]
  
  It's worth mentioning (here too) that the applied model for preventing
  the readability issue at upgrade, i.e. changing a dconf value which
  represents the desktop font, is not effective in the case of Kubuntu,
  Lubuntu and Xubuntu. They are just not hit by the issue since the fonts
  they use have not changed during the cycle.

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Title:
  Unreadable text during distupgrade: follow-up

Status in Cinnamon:
  New
Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader source package in Mantic:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [ Impact ]

  This bug is a follow-up of bug #2034986. Please see that bug,
  especially comment #54
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-
  upgrader/+bug/2034986/comments/54, for a more verbose background to
  this bug report.

  The short story:

  * Ubuntu Cinnamon is hit by 'the unreadable text issue' described in
  the other bug.

  * Several Ubuntu flavors fail to reset the desktop font after reboot,
  since they lack the systemd integration needed for a user service to
  work.

  The proposed changes include

  * a correction of the applied gsettings schema for Ubuntu Cinnamon,
  Ubuntu MATE, and Ubuntu Kylin.

  * use of an autostart file instead of a systemd service for a bunch of
  flavors.

  [ Test Plan ]

  Prepare updated 23.04 versions of Ubuntu Cinnamon, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu
  Kylin, and Ubuntu Desktop.

  Install version 1:23.04.7 of ubuntu-release-upgrader-core (may be in
  lunar-proposed)

  For upgrading use: "update-manager -d -p"
  (not sure if '-d' is still needed)

  As regards Ubuntu Cinnamon (and Ubuntu MATE and Ubuntu Kylin):

  * Confirm that the text is readable during the whole upgrade.

  * Confirm after reboot that the command

    gsettings get org.cinnamon.desktop.interface font-name (or
  org.mate.interface)

    now outputs 'Ubuntu 11' and not the temporary 'Sans 11'.

  As regards Ubuntu Desktop simply confirm that the upgrade works as
  intended and that you don't notice any regression.

  [ Where problems could occur ]

  I might have made some mistake as regards gsettings schemas and/or
  flavors which need autostart. But the code it straightforward, and I
  dare to say that the _set_generic_font() function works as intended
  for more flavors with the proposed changes. And if there would be a
  mistake with respect to some particular flavor, it would affect that
  flavor only.

  [ Other Info ]

  It's worth mentioning (here too) that the applied model for preventing
  the readability issue at upgrade, i.e. changing a dconf value which
  represents the desktop font, is not effective in the case of Kubuntu,
  Lubuntu and Xubuntu. They are just not hit by the issue since the
  fonts they use have not changed during the cycle.

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