Regolith for Debian 13 (trixie)

[gauthier-th]

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Describe the bug
Debian 13 (trixie) has been released yesterday.
How can we update or install Regolith Desktop with Debian 13?

Error when updating:

E: The repository 'https://archive.regolith-desktop.com/debian/stable trixie Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

To Reproduce
Perform an upgrade from Debian 12 (bookworm) to Debian 13 (trixie).

Expected behavior
No error when using the APT repository for Debian 13.

Screenshots
The docs explain how to install for Debian Testing and Debian Bookworm, but no mention of Debian Trixie:

Configuration file(s)

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/regolith.list:

deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/regolith-archive-keyring.gpg] https://archive.regolith-desktop.com/debian/stable trixie v3.3

Installation Details

• Regolith Install Stage: 4.8.0
• Regolith Version: 4.8.0
• Host OS: Debian

Additional context

The upgrade guide of Debian also states that we should prefer deb822 over the old format:

APT is moving to a different format for configuring where it downloads packages from. The files /etc/apt/sources.list and *.list files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ are replaced by files still in that directory but with names ending in .sources, using the new, more readable (deb822 style) format. For details see sources.list(5). Examples of APT configurations in these notes will be given in the new deb822 format.

[kgilmer]

My sid dev environment converted the old Regolith apt line to the new form after an update:

Types: deb
URIs: https://archive.regolith-desktop.com/debian/unstable/
Suites: testing
Components: main 
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/regolith-archive-keyring.gpg

[khos2ow]

Unstable Trixie is published and can be accessed via:

Types: deb
URIs: https://archive.regolith-desktop.com/debian/unstable/
Suites: trixie
Components: main 
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/regolith-archive-keyring.gpg

[gauthier-th]

Thanks!
Any ETA for the stable one?

[kgilmer]

Thanks! Any ETA for the stable one?

Unless bugs are found, the same packages will be the stable ones. You could test with us if you like..

[kgilmer]

I just upgraded my testing machine to trixie and updated to the unstable repo Khosrow listed above. I had to manually install regolith-control-center in order to unblock foundational Gnome components such as gnome-shell. Unclear to me at this point if it's a one-off or a general issue.

@gauthier-th no obligation at all to test, and totally understand if you don't have the time or able to risk the stability of your system! 😄

sudo apt install regolith-control-center

[gauthier-th]

I just upgraded to Debian 13 with the unstable repo.
So far so good, except for the control center:

$ apt install regolith-control-center
Solving dependencies... Error!  
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

Unsatisfied dependencies:
 regolith-control-center : Depends: gnome-control-center-data (< 1:47) but 1:48.3-3 is to be installed
Error: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Error: The following information from --solver 3.0 may provide additional context:
   Unable to satisfy dependencies. Reached two conflicting decisions:
   1. regolith-control-center:amd64=1.46.0-4-1regolith-trixie is selected as an upgrade
   2. regolith-control-center:amd64=1.46.0-4-1regolith-trixie Depends gnome-control-center-data (< 1:47)
      but none of the choices are installable:
      [no choices]

Should I uninstall gnome-control-center?

[khos2ow]

Thanks! Any ETA for the stable one?

Unless bugs are found, the same packages will be the stable ones. You could test with us if you like..

I think we have one of the three options (in order of what I think makes sense):

1. squeeze trixie stable back into v3.3 release (maybe in a few days/weeks after making sure there's no outstanding issue)
2. put trixie (and questing) in v3.4 at or around October timeframe
3. cut a v3.3.1 for adding trixie

[kgilmer]

I agree with your ranking. But I think if any code changes are required to support Trixie beyond what 3.3 already has, we need to produce a new release. (option 1 goes away, we are left w/ the two remaining). Looking into the regolith-control-center issue to see if something is incorrect there..

[kgilmer]

@gauthier-th a fix is inbound within a day or so. Please just leave the control center packages as-is until the update is available if you can.