Ubuntu 24.04 LTS preparations

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On April 25, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is released, the first LTS version of Ubuntu with far2l in the repositories. I would like the UX of new users to be the best. Therefore, I propose to solve some problems in the near future, and then try to send a new version to Debian/Ubuntu. But even if this does not work out, at least we will be able to offer those who want to try the bug-free version to use the ppa. Here are some bugs that look like they need attention.

UPD: I myself believe that for Ubuntu we need to focus on input delays in the default terminal under Wayland. This does not allow you to use the program normally, and this has already been fixed in 2.6.1. However, there are other bugs that can be fixed if possible.

1. Fix mouse in Windows Terminal (PR is ready) https://github.com/elfmz/far2l/issues/2072 DONE

2. Make clipboard work out of the box under WSL https://github.com/elfmz/far2l/issues/1658 DONE

3. Import fresh colorer schemes https://github.com/elfmz/far2l/issues/2046 DONE

4. Fix privelege elevation bug https://github.com/elfmz/far2l/issues/2060

5. Fix uchardet (#2075, #2076, #2078) https://github.com/elfmz/far2l/pull/2111 DONE

6. Fix redraws after sudo https://github.com/elfmz/far2l/issues/2047

7. Fix unneeded open.sh call https://github.com/elfmz/far2l/issues/2067 DONE

8. Fix binary files view problems under TTY backend https://github.com/elfmz/far2l/issues/2084 https://github.com/elfmz/far2l/pull/2107 https://github.com/elfmz/far2l/issues/2136 PARTIALLY

9. Fix interface in WezTerm on our side https://github.com/elfmz/far2l/issues/1889 DONE

10. File attributes are not saved when copying with an elevation request https://github.com/elfmz/far2l/issues/2069 PARTIALLY

@elfmz @alexmyczko

[akruphi]

@alexmyczko it will be excellent if in upcoming release you can split debs by tiny, ... wx as was suggested in https://salsa.debian.org/debian/far2l/-/merge_requests/1

[akruphi]

@alexmyczko please give advice about here elfmz far2l release deadline that you can time to prepare and put debs in Debian (I hope may be debs will have split versions now) and then we have enough time to request a freeze exception in Ubuntu via https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreezeExceptionProcess#FeatureFreeze_for_new_upstream_versions

In Ubuntu Schedule April 18 are Final Freeze https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/noble-numbat-release-schedule/35649

Is the diff of the Upstream ChangeLog required or only recommended for start https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreezeExceptionProcess#FeatureFreeze_for_new_upstream_versions or enough only describe state the reason?

[alexmyczko]

i really do not think anything will make it into ubuntu 24.04. your best option is PPA. please either use debian. please make a new release. debian will update to that, debian can do backports for debian stable. from that you can feed your PPA, or simply switch to debian.

sorry for no better news

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please make a new release

@alexmyczko done!

[akruphi]

It seems we will no longer be able to push the latest version of far2l into the Ubuntu 24.04 release, because it stage Final Freeze now: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2024-April/001348.html

We will can try adding it latter as backports https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBackports but first it is necessary that development 24.10 will be open and new far2l version will be in 24.10.

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One simple command to fix input delays on Ubuntu 24.04: sudo sed -i '/^\[daemon\]/a DefaultSession=gnome-xorg.desktop' /etc/gdm3/custom.conf

and reboot.

See also: #2041, https://askubuntu.com/a/1464319/894968

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/far2l/+bug/2063919

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Closing as all issues are solved now.