Summary
Tomáš Popela reported an accessibility blocker bug related to the
gnome-initial-setup session, with Matthias Clasen noting a fix should
be part of the final 49.0 update. Matthias Clasen discussed gdk-pixbuf
transition issues affecting thumbnailers due to nested sandboxing,
while Michael Catanzaro confirmed a thumbnailer blocker bug regarding
missing thumbnails for video and music files. Michael Catanzaro also
highlighted challenges with Rust packaging due to frequent new
dependencies, and Chris Murphy raised concerns about image size
increase, which Neal Gompa (Conan Kudo) attributed to additional
firmware and a dracut change. Tomáš Popela and Neal Gompa (Conan
Kudo) also discussed a proposed blocker bug related to Firefox slowness.
Details
Accessibility Blocker Bug
Tomáš Popela reported that Adrian provided a comment on an
accessibility blocker bug related to greeter session settings storage.
Matthias Clasen noted that a fix should be part of the final 49.0
update, expected by the end of the week.
gdk-pixbuf Transition Issues
Matthias Clasen discussed a problem with nested sandboxing stemming
from the Glycin gdk-pixbuf transition, which affects thumbnailers and
build systems. Glycin is being updated to back off its own sandboxing
efforts when running in an already sandboxed environment, which is
expected to resolve issues with thumbnailers that use gdk-pixbuf.
Thumbnailer Blocker Bug
Michael Catanzaro confirmed a blocker bug regarding missing thumbnails
for video and music files. To address this, Michael Catanzaro suggested
reverting the previous removal of totem-video-thumbnailer, which
depends on the Glycin fix. Neal Gompa (Conan Kudo) confirmed that
totem-video-thumbnailer was removed from comps and would need to be put
back.
Rust Packaging Challenges
Michael Catanzaro highlighted difficulties in updating Rust packages
due to frequent new dependencies, explaining that Rust packages have
been removed from general rotating packager duty. Neal Gompa (Conan
Kudo) expressed concern about the increasing number of dependencies in
Rust-based software and the lack of discipline in upstream maintenance,
emphasizing the need for more shared expertise in Rust packaging to
avoid packages becoming unmaintained or orphaned. Tomáš Popela
suggested reviewing data from recent weeks to address this issue
internally.
Image Size Increase
Chris Murphy raised concerns about the image size exceeding maximum
limits. Neal Gompa (Conan Kudo) attributed the increase to additional
firmware and a significant 40% increase in the init size due to a
dracut change that was not tested earlier. Neal Gompa (Conan Kudo)
stated that they would work on adjusting the dracut defaults to address
the size increase.
Firefox Slowness Issue
Tomáš Popela and Neal Gompa (Conan Kudo) discussed a proposed blocker
bug related to Firefox slowness, particularly on Android machines.
Tomáš Popela noted that active debugging and work are ongoing to
address the issue.
Suggested next steps
* Michael Catanzaro will restore totem-video-thumbnailer.
* Tomáš Popela will look at the data from the last few weeks to
discuss internally what can be done within their resources and add the
Rust packaging topic to the next meeting agenda.
* Neal Gompa (Conan Kudo) will take care of the rough reviews and
prepare an update of PackageKit to the very latest version.