We should update the flatpak in RHEL8 (1.0.6) to the current stable series 1.4.x The major changes since the 1.2.x is the improved I/O use for system-installed applications, and the new format for pre-configured remotes.
It would be good to bump this up to RHEL 8.1.1. The new flatpak version has important fixes that are needed for new flatpak runtimes that are getting deployed to flathub just now.
One important feature we want (that landed in 1.4.2) is the support for extra_data for runtime extensions (previously it was for apps only). The main usecase for this is the openh264 extension which contains the cisco-blessed openh264 decoder. We need that to use extra_data for legal (patent grant) reasons. We're actually interested in using this particular extension for the fedora runtime too, so that e.g. a fedora-based firefox flatpak can support h264 videos.
After some more irc discussion with alex and mclasen, there's a fair bit of urgency for getting the fixes out. Here's a new plan: 1) Do a Z stream update for both RHEL 7 and 8, shipping flatpak 1.0.9 (Alex Larsson is doing a 1.0.9 release just for RHEL with targeted backports). If it's necessary (if 1.0.x version updates aren't at all allowed in Z stream), we can just "fake" the 1.0.9 version (there's a server side check that makes sure the client is at least version 1.0.9) and backport the patches. I'd much prefer doing an update to 1.0.9 in Z though to make things easier and less error prone. 2) Rebase to 1.4.x for RHEL 8.1.1
(In reply to Kalev Lember from comment #3) > After some more irc discussion with alex and mclasen, there's a fair bit of > urgency for getting the fixes out. Here's a new plan: > > 1) Do a Z stream update for both RHEL 7 and 8, shipping flatpak 1.0.9 (Alex > Larsson is doing a 1.0.9 release just for RHEL with targeted backports). > > If it's necessary (if 1.0.x version updates aren't at all allowed in Z > stream), we can just "fake" the 1.0.9 version (there's a server side check > that makes sure the client is at least version 1.0.9) and backport the > patches. I'd much prefer doing an update to 1.0.9 in Z though to make things > easier and less error prone. > > 2) Rebase to 1.4.x for RHEL 8.1.1 -> 8.2.0 just FYI
*** Bug 1777003 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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/RHEA-2020:1767