[SoaS] Urgent need to incorporate patch into sugar-toolkit-gtk3 for F32 SoaS, then request re-spin

[Chihurumnaya Ibiam]

I just opened a PR
<https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/sugar-toolkit-gtk3/pull-request/6> for
the patch.

On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 4:19 PM Alex Perez <aperez at alexperez.com> wrote:

> Peter,
>
> Peter Robinson <pbrobinson at gmail.com>
> May 1, 2020 at 3:42 AM
>
> Alex,
>
>
> What is the process for requesting a re-spin of F32 SoaS? I've
> discovered an unfortunate bug in the release F32 SoaS
> sugar-toolkit-gtk3, and the necessary patch is here:
>
> The process is one of two methods 1) get in a time machine and go back
> to a time prior to release 2) we fix it for Fedora 33.
>
> That's fine, we will definitely want to get it this patch pulled in for
> F33/rawhide, and then in to F32 stable as an update. What I'm really after
> is how _we_ (Sugar Labs) can re-build our own spin, which incorporates this
> fix.
>
> This is why we have a beta release and nightly builds and release
> candidates on the way to GA, to test and get the bugs like this. We
> can push the fix as an update for those that install SoaS but we don't
> have the resources to completely respin the live images just because
> you decided to only test things post release.
>
> Totally understandable, however your tone isn't particularly constructive
> here. Just the facts, please. I'm not asking you to do this work, just
> provide guidance, so _we_ can do this independently.
>
> I'm sorry, but we don't
> have the resource for that, and it's been that way and communicated as
> such since the original SoaS release.
>
> An update will fix it for those running on installed systems just fine.
>
>
> https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-toolkit-gtk3/commit/2018c930adae85c18b1c51b5f80836fcad6c392c.patch
>
> This commit can be viewed athttps://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-toolkit-gtk3/commit/2018c930adae85c18b1c51b5f80836fcad6c392c
>
> Please create a pull request against the package or coordinate with
> Ibiam to get a PR done.
>
> Will do.
>
> I've verified it fixes the problem of not being able to start
> external/downloaded activities, by manually applying it from a running
> LiveCD/ISO environment with patch, then killing jarabe.
>
> I'd also like to request that we add the 'patch' package to the default
> list of installed packages, in the respin.
>
> I don't know what you mean by "default list of installed packages". We
> won't be re-spinning, the F-32 ship has sailed.
>
> literally just add 'patch' as one of the packages installed (in F33)
>
> Peter
>
>
> Alex Perez <aperez at alexperez.com>
> April 30, 2020 at 4:32 PM
> Peter,
>
> What is the process for requesting a re-spin of F32 SoaS? I've discovered
> an unfortunate bug in the release F32 SoaS sugar-toolkit-gtk3, and the
> necessary patch is here:
>
>
> https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-toolkit-gtk3/commit/2018c930adae85c18b1c51b5f80836fcad6c392c.patch
>
> This commit can be viewed at
> https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-toolkit-gtk3/commit/2018c930adae85c18b1c51b5f80836fcad6c392c
>
> I've verified it fixes the problem of not being able to start
> external/downloaded activities, by manually applying it from a running
> LiveCD/ISO environment with patch, then killing jarabe.
>
> I'd also like to request that we add the 'patch' package to the default
> list of installed packages, in the respin.
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