F37 proposal: Mumble 1.4 (Self-Contained Change proposal)

[Ben Cotton]

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Mumble1.4

This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes
process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive
community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved
by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.

== Summary ==

Update the Mumble voice chat application from 1.3 to 1.4.

== Owner ==

* Name: [[User:carlwgeorge| Carl George]]
* Email: carl(a)redhat.com


== Detailed Description ==

Earlier this year the Mumble project released a new major version.  The full
list of new features can be found in the
[https://www.mumble.info/blog/mumble-1.4.230/ upstream release notes].

This change also involves several notable packaging changes.

* Enable the native PipeWire audio backend
* Rename the Mumble server package from murmur to mumble-server, per
upstream preference
* Relocate Mumble server configuration file from
/etc/murmur/murmur.ini to /etc/murmur.ini, per upstream preference

== Feedback ==

== Benefit to Fedora ==

Mumble is a popular voice chat application.  It is commonly used for gaming and
podcasts.  Updating the Fedora package to the latest upstream version ensures
that Fedora Linux continues to be an attractive operating system for those
communities.

== Scope ==

* Proposal owners:
** Build version 1.4.x in carlwgeorge/mumble copr
** Test copr packages
** Build version 1.4.x in appropriate Fedora branches

* Other developers: N/A (not needed for this Change)

* Release engineering: N/A (not needed for this Change)

* Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)

* Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)

== Upgrade/compatibility impact ==

The Mumble developers prefer distributions to name the server package
mumble-server.  Currently this is named murmur in Fedora.  This change renames
the server package to align with upstream.  The required provides/obsoletes
will be added per the packaging guidelines.

The Mumble developers prefer the server configuration file to be
/etc/murmur.ini.  Currently this file is /etc/murmur/murmur.ini in Fedora.
This change relocates that file in an RPM scriptlet to align with upstream.
The old path will become a compatibility symlink to the new path.

== How To Test ==

As Mumble is voice chat software, to test this change you will need a
microphone and headphones/speakers.  The carlwgeorge/mumble copr repository
contains the updated packages.  Install the mumble package to test the client.
Install the mumble-server package to test the server.  If you have other Mumble
servers you routinely connect to, connect to them with the updated mumble
package.  If you are familiar with setting up a Mumble server, set one up with
the existing 1.3.x packages and then update to the 1.4.x packages.  Verify that
the server configuration file gets relocated as described in this change.

== User Experience ==

Users will have the 1.4.x version of Mumble available, with all the
upstream features that provides.

== Dependencies ==

N/A

== Contingency Plan ==

* Contingency mechanism: revert to Mumble 1.3 with an epoch
* Contingency deadline: beta freeze
* Blocks release? no

== Documentation ==

* https://www.mumble.info/blog/mumble-1.4.230/

== Release Notes ==

Mumble 1.4 is available in Fedora 37.


-- 
Ben Cotton
He / Him / His
Fedora Program Manager
Red Hat
TZ=America/Indiana/Indianapolis

[Brandon Nielsen]

On 7/18/22 12:29 PM, Ben Cotton wrote:
>  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Mumble1.4
>  
>  This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes
>  process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive
>  community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved
>  by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.
>  
>  == Summary ==
>  
>  Update the Mumble voice chat application from 1.3 to 1.4.
>   
[Snip]
>  
>  * Enable the native PipeWire audio backend
>  * Rename the Mumble server package from murmur to mumble-server, per
>  upstream preference
>  * Relocate Mumble server configuration file from
>  /etc/murmur/murmur.ini to /etc/murmur.ini, per upstream preference
>   
[Snip]
>  
>   
Excellent, glad to see the changes to follow upstream.

[Vitaly Zaitsev]

On 18/07/2022 19:29, Ben Cotton wrote:
>  Update the Mumble voice chat application from 1.3 to 1.4. 
+1. I'm using 1.4.x self-built and it works fine.

>  This change relocates that file in an RPM scriptlet to align with
> upstream.
>  The old path will become a compatibility symlink to the new path. 
Please guard this scriptlet with %triggerun:

%triggerun -- %{name}-server < 1.3.4-8
# relocation of config file
if [ -f %{_sysconfdir}/murmur/murmur.ini ]; then
     mv %{_sysconfdir}/murmur/murmur.ini %{_sysconfdir}/murmur.ini
fi

-- 
Sincerely,
   Vitaly Zaitsev (vitaly(a)easycoding.org)