Adding packages to ubuntu-desktop packageset

[Alessandro Astone]

Thanks Robie.

Yes, most packages in the second list wouldn't fit the definition
"Every package that is NOT in ubuntu-desktop,
desktop-core or core, but needed for a vanilla GNOME"

gcr4 is seeded however, so it can go in ubuntu-desktop.

On 15/09/2025 16:22, Robie Basak wrote:
> I've added the following packages to ubuntu-desktop for you:
> 
> glycin
> loupe
> ptyxis
> tecla
> libnma
> software-properties (software-properties-gtk is a binary produced by that source)
> gstreamer1.0
> gst-plugins-base1.0
> gst-plugins-good1.0
> gst-plugins-bad1.0
> pulseaudio
> pipewire
> xwayland
> xdg-terminal-exec
> xdg-desktop-portal
> xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
> 
> As I explained earlier in the thread, the following packages are not
> seeded. That is, as far as I can tell from a quick glance - I don't have
> tooling, so it's tedious and error prone - please correct me if I've
> made a mistake. Therefore these appear unsuitable for the ubuntu-desktop
> packageset:
> 
> gnome-kiosk
> gnome-shell-extensions
> gnome-terminal
> showtime
> gcr4
> gnome-shell-ubuntu-extensions
> gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect
> gpaste
> workrave
> gnome-shell-pomodoro
> gst-plugins-ugly1.0
> gst-libav1.0
> gstreamer-vaapi
> 
> If you want them to go into desktop-extra, then please explain how this
> fits into the description "Every package that is NOT in ubuntu-desktop,
> desktop-core or core, but needed for a vanilla GNOME" and how I can
> validate that. Or if you want to be able to upload them but not through
> those packagesets, then we can consider creating a different packageset
> for them, but we'd 1) need a definition that we can rely on in future;
> and 2) prospective uploaders would need to apply to the DMB for that
> independently.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Robie