nextcloud: update to 16.0.5

[kyrofa]

This PR resolves #972 by updating Nextcloud to the latest v16 release.

[kyrofa]

@pachulo, @r4co0n would appreciate your taking this for a spin.

[pachulo]

I would like to, but I'm running my instance on an arm64 installation, so I cannot test the snap builder snap...besides that, it is still at “Expected — Waiting for status to be reported” state, maybe there were some problems with it?

[kyrofa]

Don't worry, I know-- I built it for all architectures (like I used to) for exactly that reason. Although you can ignore it, I've fixed the builder.

[pachulo]

OK, did the refresh from 15.0.7 and everything went OK, but I've observed that some apps seem to be de-activated before being updated...and afterwards you need to activate them manually, including essential ones like “Calendar”.
Besides that, “End-To-End Encryption” seems to be not compatible yet: https://github.com/nextcloud/end_to_end_encryption/releases
Is that something we want to bear with?

[kyrofa]

Wait, so what, if you have encryption enabled and you upgrade, you just can't access stuff?

[pachulo]

Well, it should work anyway if activated manually:

• Nextcloud 16 compatibility? nextcloud/end_to_end_encryption#108 (comment)

but not the best experience IMHO...

[kyrofa]

Yeah that's not cool at all. Sounds like we agree we don't want to expose our users to that, so we're in a holding pattern for a bit. I'll release 15.0.8 while we wait.

[TarSzator]

Added a comment here, because we are still waiting for this issue right?
nextcloud/end_to_end_encryption#108 (comment)

[kyrofa]

Indeed, yes. It's been a long time since they released 16.0.1, too, I wonder if they're all focusing on something particular. Just to make sure: you know you can refresh to 16/candidate if you want v16 now, right?

[kyrofa]

Alright folks (particularly @pachulo), let's test this again now that v16.0.2 is out. Ignore any errors from the snap builder, I built these all the old way for all architectures in the beta/pr-1002 channel:

$ sudo snap install nextcloud --channel=beta/pr-1002

Or, if you already have it installed:

$ sudo snap refresh nextcloud --channel=beta/pr-1002

[pachulo]

Tested this and I'm still seeing the "Activate not tested apps" button for Calendar, Quota warning, Talk & End-to-End Encryption...I'm still not sure that this is what we want for our users, even though is not a fault of the snap.
At least for the first 3, updating them and reloading the page seems to get rid of the button, but in my case they needed to be re-activated anyway...how can this still be the case for such popular applications?

It's a real pity, because loading times of nextcloud 16.0.x seems to be lower than with 15.0.x

[kyrofa]

Actually, 16.0.2 is entirely busted due to nextcloud/server#16238 (as is 15.0.9). I'm not sure what's going on with quality control over there 😞 . Is "install, login, and attempt to upload something" not a part of the QA process before shipping the release? Guess we continue that holding pattern.

[kyrofa]

At least for the first 3, updating them and reloading the page seems to get rid of the button [...]

I suspect that issue will go away if we can ship an updated v15 snap before updating to v16.

[manuee]

Hi, just wanted to point out that Nextcloud 15 end of life is scheduled for 2019-12:
https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/16/admin_manual/release_schedule.html

That said, thanks for playing it safe with this, makes me feel more confident on using the snap.

[kyrofa]

Hi, just wanted to point out that Nextcloud 15 end of life is scheduled for 2019-12 [...]

Oh yeah, don't worry, we want to update to v16 as soon as possible! We just need a not-broken release first (that includes the apps being ready for it). I expect this will happen in the "weeks" timeframe-- we shouldn't even approach v15 end-of-life.

That said, thanks for playing it safe with this [...]

Of course! We all use the snap, too. It's in all our best interests that we collectively test things out and act as the best gate-keepers we can.

[manuee]

Hi, just wanted to point out that Nextcloud 15 end of life is scheduled for 2019-12 [...]

Oh yeah, don't worry, we want to update to v16 as soon as possible! We just need a not-broken release first (that includes the apps being ready for it). I expect this will happen in the "weeks" timeframe-- we shouldn't even approach v15 end-of-life.

Ah great to know, thanks!

[pachulo]

It seems that 16.0.3 & 15.0.10 are already here...

[stondino00]

Can we try out 16.0.4 in this channel? I'm not showing any issues so far with php 7.2.21 and apache 2.4.41 with nextcloud 16.0.3. Thanks

[the-sane]

@stondino00 He's trying very hard to get the needed upstream fix into 16.0.4 so that it can go to the stable channel when it's released.

[kyrofa]

He's trying very hard to get the needed upstream fix into 16.0.4 [...]

16.0.5 now 😢 .

[alexander-rieder]

so what is the roadmap? Can i help in any way?

[kyrofa]

We're still stuck on this comment. We need upstream to land that PR and make a new release containing it.

[Bleuzen]

Can the 16/candidate channel be updated with 16.0.4 for now? It is still on 16.0.3.

[kyrofa]

Alright, that PR was finally merged upstream, just waiting for 16.0.5 now.

[kyrofa]

Ah, it's beautiful, got a preview using 16/edge (daily v16 builds):

$ sudo snap install nextcloud

(install calendar app)

$ sudo snap refresh nextcloud --channel=16/edge

$ journalctl -f -u snap.nextcloud.apache.service
<snip>
Sep 06 15:36:37 protege nextcloud.apache[460]: Disabled incompatible app: calendar
<snip>
Sep 06 15:36:42 protege nextcloud.apache[460]: Checking for update of app calendar in appstore
Sep 06 15:36:42 protege nextcloud.apache[460]: Update app calendar from appstore
Sep 06 15:36:44 protege nextcloud.apache[460]: Checked for update of app "calendar" in appstore

Login, and calendar is still there, fully updated, and works great.

[pachulo]

Thanks a lot for this @kyrofa !

[pachulo]

Is this the real life? XD
https://github.com/nextcloud/server/releases/tag/v16.0.5

[kyrofa]

Alright folks, despite what the Snap Builder says, this is ready for testing on all supported architectures:

$ sudo snap install nextcloud --channel=beta/pr-1002

Or if you already have it installed:

$ sudo snap refresh nextcloud --channel=beta/pr-1002

It seems to pass muster as far as I can see-- apps are finally updated properly, including calendar and contacts. Anyone see anything broken?

[markmcb]

Looks good to me. No issues with calendar or contacts.

[pachulo]

Did the refresh from 16.0.4snap1rc1 and everything is working OK!
Now even the Bookmarks app works again (it stopped working with the last update).

[the-sane]

The only issue I've had with v16 in general is the missing toolbar in the new text app under dark mode, as mentioned in #902 (comment), caused by our old friend "ResourceLocator cannot find a web root": nextcloud/server#13556

[kyrofa]

@the-sane thanks for the heads up. As that app is only supported on v16 I don't consider it a regression, and thus it should not hold this up, do you agree?

I think this is ready for merge, but I'll wait until @the-sane confirms everything is okay.

[the-sane]

@kyrofa I agree, it shouldn’t hold anything up right now. I don’t believe that app is the default text editor yet, but it seems that’s the eventual plan so I wanted to make sure it’s on the radar.

[kyrofa]

@kyrofa I agree, it shouldn’t hold anything up right now.

Alright, shipping then.

[emansije]

This morning I was happy to find that my NC had upgraded to version 16.0.5snap1 (16232) (I'm using the stable channel) but then I found out that the contacts app stopped working. 😞
The log shows this message:

ResourceLocator can not find a web root (root: /var/snap/nextcloud/16232/nextcloud/extra-apps/contacts, file: index.php/css/contacts/1e49-afb2-contacts.css?v=d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e, webRoot: , throw: true)

[kyrofa]

@emansije my contacts app is working fine-- can you please log an issue with what exactly is happening?

[emansije]

Sure. It's #1130