Bug 2374306 - Review Request: elementary-settings-daemon - Settings Daemon and Portal for Pantheon
Summary: Review Request: elementary-settings-daemon - Settings Daemon and Portal for P...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: Package Review
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ben Beasley
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: PantheonDesktopPackageReviews
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2025-06-23 12:16 UTC by Fabio Valentini
Modified: 2025-12-02 01:34 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2025-12-02 00:49:56 UTC
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Description Fabio Valentini 2025-06-23 12:16:16 UTC
Spec URL: https://decathorpe.fedorapeople.org/elementary-settings-daemon.spec
SRPM URL: https://decathorpe.fedorapeople.org/elementary-settings-daemon-8.3.1-1.fc42.src.rpm

Description:
Settings Daemon and Portal for Pantheon.

Fedora Account System Username: decathorpe

Comment 1 Fabio Valentini 2025-06-23 12:16:19 UTC
This package built on koji:  https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=134322958

Comment 2 Ben Beasley 2025-10-04 19:59:09 UTC
This package looks nice and clean. There are just a few things that seem to need a second look.

Package Review
==============

Legend:
[x] = Pass, [!] = Fail, [-] = Not applicable, [?] = Not evaluated

Issues:
=======
- Package does not use a name that already exists.
  Note: A package with this name already exists. Please check
  https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/elementary-settings-daemon
  See: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-
  guidelines/Naming/#_conflicting_package_names

  This was previously packaged as
  https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/elementary-settings-daemon; I note that
  this will be a review for unretirement.

- systemd_post is invoked in %post, systemd_preun in %preun, and
  systemd_postun in %postun for Systemd service files.
  Note: Systemd service file(s) in elementary-settings-daemon
  See: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-
  guidelines/Scriptlets/#_scriptlets

  Don’t you need to call %systemd_{post,preun,postun_with_restart} for
  %{appname}.check-for-firmware-updates.{service,timer} ?

- systemd_user_post is invoked in %post and systemd_user_preun in %preun
  for Systemd user units service files.
  Note: Systemd user unit service file(s) in elementary-settings-daemon
  See: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-
  guidelines/Scriptlets/#_user_units

  I don’t know what fedora-review is trying to say here. It looks like the
  scriptlets for %{appname}.xdg-desktop-portal.service are correct.

- There are some unowned directories; see below for commentary and suggestions.

===== MUST items =====

Generic:
[x]: Package is licensed with an open-source compatible license and meets
     other legal requirements as defined in the legal section of Packaging
     Guidelines.
[x]: License field in the package spec file matches the actual license.
     Note: Checking patched sources after %prep for licenses. Licenses
     found: "Unknown or generated", "*No copyright* GNU General Public
     License, Version 3", "GNU Library General Public License v2 or later",
     "GNU General Public License v3.0 or later", "GNU General Public
     License, Version 3". 235 files have unknown license. Detailed output
     of licensecheck in /home/ben/fedora/review/2374306-elementary-
     settings-daemon/licensecheck.txt
[x]: If the package is under multiple licenses, the licensing breakdown
     must be documented in the spec.
[x]: Package requires other packages for directories it uses.
     Note: No known owner of /usr/share/locale/mo/LC_MESSAGES,
     /usr/share/locale/mo

     This is https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2251577; it should be
     resolved in the filesystem package by
     https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/filesystem/pull-request/28 or similar.

[!]: Package must own all directories that it creates.
     Note: Directories without known owners:
     /usr/share/accountsservice/interfaces, /usr/share/dbus-1/services,
     /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces, /usr/share/locale/mo,
     /usr/share/locale/mo/LC_MESSAGES, /usr/share/dbus-1,
     /usr/share/accountsservice

     If this package has a natural runtime dependency on accountsservice, then
     add:

       Requires:        accountsservice

     Otherwise, co-own the relevant directories:

       %dir %{_datadir}/accountsservice
       %dir %{_datadir}/accountsservice/interfaces

     For /usr/share/dbus-1/{interfaces,services}, add:

       Requires:        dbus-common

     For /usr/share/locale/mo and /usr/share/locale/mo/LC_MESSAGES, see the
     above section; all you can reasonably do is wait for a fix in the
     filesystem.

[x]: %build honors applicable compiler flags or justifies otherwise.
[x]: Package contains no bundled libraries without FPC exception.
[x]: Changelog in prescribed format.
[x]: Sources contain only permissible code or content.
[-]: Development files must be in a -devel package
[x]: Package uses nothing in %doc for runtime.
[x]: The spec file handles locales properly.
[x]: Package consistently uses macros (instead of hard-coded directory
     names).
[x]: Package is named according to the Package Naming Guidelines.
[x]: Package does not generate any conflict.
[x]: Package obeys FHS, except libexecdir and /usr/target.
[-]: If the package is a rename of another package, proper Obsoletes and
     Provides are present.
[x]: Requires correct, justified where necessary.
[x]: Spec file is legible and written in American English.
[x]: Package contains systemd file(s) if in need.
[x]: Useful -debuginfo package or justification otherwise.
[x]: Package is not known to require an ExcludeArch tag.
[x]: Package complies to the Packaging Guidelines
[x]: Package successfully compiles and builds into binary rpms on at least
     one supported primary architecture.
[x]: Package installs properly.
[x]: Rpmlint is run on all rpms the build produces.
     Note: There are rpmlint messages (see attachment).
[x]: If (and only if) the source package includes the text of the
     license(s) in its own file, then that file, containing the text of the
     license(s) for the package is included in %license.
[x]: The License field must be a valid SPDX expression.
[x]: Package does not own files or directories owned by other packages.
[x]: Package uses either %{buildroot} or $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
[x]: Package does not run rm -rf %{buildroot} (or $RPM_BUILD_ROOT) at the
     beginning of %install.
[x]: %config files are marked noreplace or the reason is justified.
[x]: Macros in Summary, %description expandable at SRPM build time.
[x]: Package contains desktop file if it is a GUI application.
[x]: Package installs a %{name}.desktop using desktop-file-install or
     desktop-file-validate if there is such a file.
[x]: Dist tag is present.
[x]: Package does not contain duplicates in %files.
[x]: Permissions on files are set properly.
[x]: Package must not depend on deprecated() packages.
[x]: Package use %makeinstall only when make install DESTDIR=... doesn't
     work.
[x]: Package is named using only allowed ASCII characters.
[x]: No %config files under /usr.
[x]: Package is not relocatable.
[x]: Sources used to build the package match the upstream source, as
     provided in the spec URL.
[x]: Spec file name must match the spec package %{name}, in the format
     %{name}.spec.
[x]: File names are valid UTF-8.
[x]: Large documentation must go in a -doc subpackage. Large could be size
     (~1MB) or number of files.
     Note: Documentation size is 734 bytes in 1 files.
[x]: Packages must not store files under /srv, /opt or /usr/local

===== SHOULD items =====

Generic:
[-]: If the source package does not include license text(s) as a separate
     file from upstream, the packager SHOULD query upstream to include it.
[x]: Final provides and requires are sane (see attachments).
[?]: Package functions as described.

     I have no idea how to test this. I assume you will notice any problems
     eventually.

[x]: Latest version is packaged.
[x]: Package does not include license text files separate from upstream.
[-]: Sources are verified with gpgverify first in %prep if upstream
     publishes signatures.
     Note: gpgverify is not used.
[x]: Package should compile and build into binary rpms on all supported
     architectures.

     https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=137770029

[x]: %check is present and all tests pass.

     Upstream provides no tests, but the necessary desktop and AppData file
     validation is present.

[x]: Packages should try to preserve timestamps of original installed
     files.
[x]: Reviewer should test that the package builds in mock.
[x]: Buildroot is not present
[x]: Package has no %clean section with rm -rf %{buildroot} (or
     $RPM_BUILD_ROOT)
[x]: No file requires outside of /etc, /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin.
[x]: Packager, Vendor, PreReq, Copyright tags should not be in spec file
[x]: Sources can be downloaded from URI in Source: tag
[x]: SourceX is a working URL.
[x]: Spec use %global instead of %define unless justified.

===== EXTRA items =====

Generic:
[x]: Rpmlint is run on debuginfo package(s).
     Note: No rpmlint messages.
[x]: Rpmlint is run on all installed packages.
     Note: There are rpmlint messages (see attachment).
[x]: Large data in /usr/share should live in a noarch subpackage if package
     is arched.
[x]: Spec file according to URL is the same as in SRPM.


Rpmlint
-------
Checking: elementary-settings-daemon-8.3.1-1.fc44.aarch64.rpm
          elementary-settings-daemon-8.3.1-1.fc44.src.rpm
============================ rpmlint session starts ============================
rpmlint: 2.7.0
configuration:
    /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/rpmlint/configdefaults.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/fedora-spdx-licenses.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/fedora.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/scoring.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/users-groups.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/warn-on-functions.toml
rpmlintrc: [PosixPath('/tmp/tmpvgy_i529')]
checks: 32, packages: 2

elementary-settings-daemon.aarch64: W: no-manual-page-for-binary io.elementary.settings-daemon
elementary-settings-daemon.aarch64: E: invalid-lc-messages-dir /usr/share/locale/mo/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.settings-daemon.mo
 2 packages and 0 specfiles checked; 1 errors, 1 warnings, 7 filtered, 1 badness; has taken 0.4 s 




Rpmlint (debuginfo)
-------------------
Checking: elementary-settings-daemon-debuginfo-8.3.1-1.fc44.aarch64.rpm
============================ rpmlint session starts ============================
rpmlint: 2.7.0
configuration:
    /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/rpmlint/configdefaults.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/fedora-spdx-licenses.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/fedora.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/scoring.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/users-groups.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/warn-on-functions.toml
rpmlintrc: [PosixPath('/tmp/tmplh9jlump')]
checks: 32, packages: 1

 1 packages and 0 specfiles checked; 0 errors, 0 warnings, 11 filtered, 0 badness; has taken 0.3 s 





Rpmlint (installed packages)
----------------------------
/bin/sh: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_US.UTF-8): No such file or directory
/bin/sh: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_US.UTF-8): No such file or directory
/bin/sh: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_US.UTF-8): No such file or directory
============================ rpmlint session starts ============================
rpmlint: 2.7.0
configuration:
    /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/rpmlint/configdefaults.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/fedora-spdx-licenses.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/fedora.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/scoring.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/users-groups.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/warn-on-functions.toml
checks: 32, packages: 2

elementary-settings-daemon.aarch64: W: no-manual-page-for-binary io.elementary.settings-daemon
elementary-settings-daemon.aarch64: E: invalid-lc-messages-dir /usr/share/locale/mo/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.settings-daemon.mo
 2 packages and 0 specfiles checked; 1 errors, 1 warnings, 16 filtered, 1 badness; has taken 0.6 s 



Source checksums
----------------
https://github.com/elementary/settings-daemon/archive/8.3.1/settings-daemon-8.3.1.tar.gz :
  CHECKSUM(SHA256) this package     : a21a81443a42e6209a27b4c25863117ae1e369fa6a965840e543da5b2be66dc8
  CHECKSUM(SHA256) upstream package : a21a81443a42e6209a27b4c25863117ae1e369fa6a965840e543da5b2be66dc8


Requires
--------
elementary-settings-daemon (rpmlib, GLIBC filtered):
    /bin/sh
    config(elementary-settings-daemon)
    ld-linux-aarch64.so.1()(64bit)
    libc.so.6()(64bit)
    libfwupd.so.3()(64bit)
    libfwupd.so.3(LIBFWUPD_0.7.0)(64bit)
    libfwupd.so.3(LIBFWUPD_0.9.2)(64bit)
    libfwupd.so.3(LIBFWUPD_0.9.3)(64bit)
    libfwupd.so.3(LIBFWUPD_0.9.8)(64bit)
    libgdk-3.so.0()(64bit)
    libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0()(64bit)
    libgeoclue-2.so.0()(64bit)
    libgexiv2.so.2()(64bit)
    libgio-2.0.so.0()(64bit)
    libglib-2.0.so.0()(64bit)
    libgobject-2.0.so.0()(64bit)
    libgtk-3.so.0()(64bit)
    libm.so.6()(64bit)
    libpackagekit-glib2.so.18()(64bit)
    rtld(GNU_HASH)
    xdg-desktop-portal



Provides
--------
elementary-settings-daemon:
    application()
    application(io.elementary.settings-daemon.desktop)
    config(elementary-settings-daemon)
    elementary-settings-daemon
    elementary-settings-daemon(aarch-64)
    metainfo()
    metainfo(io.elementary.settings-daemon.metainfo.xml)



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Comment 3 Ben Beasley 2025-10-23 11:35:45 UTC
Are you still working on this?

Comment 4 Fabio Valentini 2025-10-24 10:28:20 UTC
Yes, sorry - slipped below the fold on my TODO list.

I have added "Requires: dbus-common" and "Requires: accountsservice" to fix the unowned directories in my local copy of the spec file.

As for the check-for-firmware-updates.{service,timer} - I'm not sure how to handle those. The %systemd scriptlets docs in the Packaging Guidelines don't mention timer-activated units at all.

The .service file isn't activatable by itself, it's only started by the associated .timer unit - and I'm not sure if the %systemd scriptlets work with .timer units?

Comment 5 Ben Beasley 2025-11-01 21:34:04 UTC
Ok, I’m going to approve this based on

> I have added "Requires: dbus-common" and "Requires: accountsservice" to fix the unowned directories in my local copy of the spec file.

and with the understanding that I’m not entirely confident whether additional incantations are necessary for check-for-firmware-updates.{service,timer}, so further research and/or testing might be a good idea.

Comment 6 Fabio Valentini 2025-11-03 08:48:14 UTC
Thank you for the review!

I posted on the devel list wrt/ what systemd / scriptlet things are necessary for timer units and timer activated services:
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/TAUBMHWG7SFNOZFWE6ABW3FK6QJULSJV/

Comment 7 Fabio Valentini 2025-11-20 14:04:30 UTC
I've since gotten confirmation that it's a good idea to call the systemd scriptlets for timer units, so I'm going to apply this change before importing the package.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2025-11-29 14:50:15 UTC
FEDORA-2025-ad791800f6 (elementary-settings-daemon-8.3.1-1.fc43) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 43.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-ad791800f6

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2025-11-29 14:50:16 UTC
FEDORA-2025-1e7fd51129 (elementary-settings-daemon-8.3.1-1.fc42) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 42.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-1e7fd51129

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2025-11-29 17:32:21 UTC
FEDORA-2025-ad791800f6 has been pushed to the Fedora 43 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf install --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-ad791800f6 \*`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-ad791800f6

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 12 Fedora Update System 2025-11-29 17:51:53 UTC
FEDORA-2025-1e7fd51129 has been pushed to the Fedora 42 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf install --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-1e7fd51129 \*`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-1e7fd51129

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 13 Fedora Update System 2025-12-02 00:49:56 UTC
FEDORA-2025-ad791800f6 (elementary-settings-daemon-8.3.1-1.fc43) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 14 Fedora Update System 2025-12-02 01:34:05 UTC
FEDORA-2025-1e7fd51129 (elementary-settings-daemon-8.3.1-1.fc42) has been pushed to the Fedora 42 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.


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