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Bug 1719241 - rebase gnome-desktop3 to match the gnome-shell version
Summary: rebase gnome-desktop3 to match the gnome-shell version
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: gnome-desktop3
Version: 8.1
Hardware: x86_64
OS: All
unspecified
high
Target Milestone: rc
: 8.0
Assignee: Ray Strode [halfline]
QA Contact: Desktop QE
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On: 1681608 1719834
Blocks: 1678350 1698520
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-06-11 11:15 UTC by Martin Krajnak
Modified: 2020-11-14 08:41 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

Fixed In Version: gnome-desktop3-3.32.2-1.el8
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Last Closed: 2019-11-05 22:14:05 UTC
Type: Bug
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:3553 0 None None None 2019-11-05 22:14:25 UTC

Description Martin Krajnak 2019-06-11 11:15:59 UTC 
Description of problem:

$ gnome-shell --version 
GNOME Shell 3.32.2

$ rpm -qa | grep gnome-shell
gnome-shell-3.32.2-2.el8.x86_64


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gnome-control-center-3.28.2-4.el8.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open Settings
2.Navigate to last item (Details) -> About


Actual results:
Version 3.28.2

Expected results:
Version 3.32.2

Additional info:
Comment 1 Martin Krajnak 2019-06-11 11:17:25 UTC 
Created attachment 1579315 [details]
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Comment 2 Martin Krajnak 2019-06-11 14:32:42 UTC 
Hello Carlos 

I would like to also ask, where is this information coming from and is it used system-wide ? 
We are having issues with some shell extensions and we are thinking if this version is not influencing 
gnome-sofware's decision to install the right version of the extension.
Comment 3 Tomas Pelka 2019-06-12 07:03:38 UTC 
(In reply to Martin Krajnak from comment #2)
> Hello Carlos 
> 
> I would like to also ask, where is this information coming from and is it
> used system-wide ? 
> We are having issues with some shell extensions and we are thinking if this
> version is not influencing 
> gnome-sofware's decision to install the right version of the extension.

I would add one more think to what Martin wrote. Shell extensions from RPM are ok because they were rebuild against 3.32 gnome-shell but extensions from extensions.gnome.org are problematic. Some work some don't. We think it might be caused but mixed versions of gnome-shell/mutter and the rest of the system.
Comment 4 Kalev Lember 2019-06-12 14:44:09 UTC 
The version listed in Settings comes from gnome-desktop3 package. We need to update gnome-desktop3 to a matching 3.32.x release to get the new number listed in Settings.

As for gnome-software, I don't think the version listed in Settings has any effect on it. gnome-software asks gnome-shell over dbus for the version for installing extensions.
Comment 5 Florian Müllner 2019-06-12 15:34:35 UTC 
(In reply to Kalev Lember from comment #4)
> As for gnome-software, I don't think the version listed in Settings has any
> effect on it. gnome-software asks gnome-shell over dbus for the version for
> installing extensions.

Correct. If an extension doesn't work with the rebased desktop, then it is very likely broken in 3.32 altogether. There were various big changes last cycle that affected many extensions, so unless they update to work with the new version, they'll be broken.

I don't mind including gnome-desktop in the rebase (I don't see any major changes, but still a good number of minor improvements and fixes), but it won't fix any extension issues.
Comment 6 Tomas Pelka 2019-06-12 15:52:37 UTC 
(In reply to Florian Müllner from comment #5)
> (In reply to Kalev Lember from comment #4)
> > As for gnome-software, I don't think the version listed in Settings has any
> > effect on it. gnome-software asks gnome-shell over dbus for the version for
> > installing extensions.
> 
> Correct. If an extension doesn't work with the rebased desktop, then it is
> very likely broken in 3.32 altogether. There were various big changes last
> cycle that affected many extensions, so unless they update to work with the
> new version, they'll be broken.
> 
> I don't mind including gnome-desktop in the rebase (I don't see any major
> changes, but still a good number of minor improvements and fixes), but it
> won't fix any extension issues.

Got it.

Martin (mkrajnak) actually advised workaround, removing the old extension transitioned from older gnome-shell and installing it again seems to resolve the issue. As gnome-software do not have a mechanism for extensions update (mkrajnak do we have bz for this too?)
Comment 7 Tomas Pelka 2019-06-12 15:53:27 UTC 
(In reply to Tomas Pelka from comment #6)
> (In reply to Florian Müllner from comment #5)
> > (In reply to Kalev Lember from comment #4)
> > > As for gnome-software, I don't think the version listed in Settings has any
> > > effect on it. gnome-software asks gnome-shell over dbus for the version for
> > > installing extensions.
> > 
> > Correct. If an extension doesn't work with the rebased desktop, then it is
> > very likely broken in 3.32 altogether. There were various big changes last
> > cycle that affected many extensions, so unless they update to work with the
> > new version, they'll be broken.
> > 
> > I don't mind including gnome-desktop in the rebase (I don't see any major
> > changes, but still a good number of minor improvements and fixes), but it
> > won't fix any extension issues.
> 
> Got it.
> 
> Martin (mkrajnak) actually advised workaround, removing the old extension
> transitioned from older gnome-shell and installing it again seems to resolve
> the issue. As gnome-software do not have a mechanism for extensions update
> (mkrajnak do we have bz for this too?)

Oh and I forgot to mention we should document this workaround if agree on it.
Comment 8 Martin Krajnak 2019-06-12 16:09:46 UTC 
(In reply to Tomas Pelka from comment #7)
> (In reply to Tomas Pelka from comment #6)
> > (In reply to Florian Müllner from comment #5)
> > > (In reply to Kalev Lember from comment #4)
> > > > As for gnome-software, I don't think the version listed in Settings has any
> > > > effect on it. gnome-software asks gnome-shell over dbus for the version for
> > > > installing extensions.
> > > 
> > > Correct. If an extension doesn't work with the rebased desktop, then it is
> > > very likely broken in 3.32 altogether. There were various big changes last
> > > cycle that affected many extensions, so unless they update to work with the
> > > new version, they'll be broken.
> > > 
> > > I don't mind including gnome-desktop in the rebase (I don't see any major
> > > changes, but still a good number of minor improvements and fixes), but it
> > > won't fix any extension issues.
> > 
> > Got it.
> > 
> > Martin (mkrajnak) actually advised workaround, removing the old extension
> > transitioned from older gnome-shell and installing it again seems to resolve
> > the issue. As gnome-software do not have a mechanism for extensions update
> > (mkrajnak do we have bz for this too?)
> 
> Oh and I forgot to mention we should document this workaround if agree on it.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1719834
Comment 10 Florian Müllner 2019-06-14 22:16:07 UTC 
Done:
https://brewweb.engineering.redhat.com/brew/taskinfo?taskID=22160187
Comment 13 Martin Krajnak 2019-06-17 10:41:38 UTC 
After installation of gnome-desktop3-3.32.2-1.el8.x86_64 I can see GNOME Version 3.32.2 in control center.
Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2019-11-05 22:14:05 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3553
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