[Pkg-gnome-extras-maintainers] Bug#1127935: evince: AppArmor profile doesn't allow running bwrap

[intrigeri]

Hey,

Faidon Liambotis (2026-02-25):
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at 12:13:52PM +0100, intrigeri wrote:
>>  - With Evince 49 (currently in sid), AFAICT the only problems this
>>    bug causes are:
>
> I believe the main problem is that thumbnails are not saved/cached but
> instead regenerated on every launch - which is both I/O + CPU intensive,
> and also makes for a poor experience (I see a placeholder image on all
> thumbnails, until all thumbnails are regenerated).

Understood, thank you for clarifying this!

>>  - This bug being RC and marked as affecting all current versions
>>    means apt-listbugs currently discourages some users from upgrading
>>    from a crashing version (48.1) to a working version (49).
>>    I can't see how this helps anyone.
>
> I'm not familiar at all with how apt-listbugs operates :) Given it's the
> same bug as the 48.1 crash, and marked in the BTS as affecting both 48.1
> and 49, my guess would have been that it would not consider it a
> regression... If it isn't, you're right, that's not helpful at all!

You might be right here: I don't know if apt-listbugs pays attention
to whether the bug affects the currently installed version.

> Same here. I downgraded from grave, but I felt it is too much of a
> regression to be "just" important. It also felt to me like the original
> crashing bug was "accidentally" fixed with 49, rather than addressing it
> at its root cause (= the glycin+AppArmor incompatibility), so it felt
> wrong to me to ignore it just because the most obvious crashes were
> gone.

I agree we should not ignore it :)

Cheers,
-- 
intrigeri