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Bug 2238289 - The default wallpaper is converted to indexed color
Summary: The default wallpaper is converted to indexed color
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: f39-backgrounds
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
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Assignee: Adam Williamson
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Whiteboard: AcceptedFreezeException
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Blocks: F39BetaFreezeException
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-09-11 09:04 UTC by Jakub Steiner
Modified: 2023-09-15 18:58 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: f39-backgrounds-39.0.3-1.fc39
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Last Closed: 2023-09-15 18:58:58 UTC
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Description Jakub Steiner 2023-09-11 09:04:31 UTC 
The default wallpaper is indexed to 8bit color resulting in severe quality degradation with very visible color banding to marginal filesize benefit.

I filed an upstream bug*, but figured the processing is probably happening at package build time.


* https://github.com/fedoradesign/backgrounds/issues/57

Reproducible: Always



Expected Results:  
Specific file format choice, dithering method and color depth is something that needs to be taken depending on the source material. Indexing every PNG into 8bit, however, seems like a wrong choice to 95% of cases.
Comment 1 Adam Williamson 2023-09-11 16:48:16 UTC 
The processing happens in the upstream makefile, which is run at package build time:
https://github.com/fedoradesign/backgrounds/blob/main/default/Makefile#L24
Comment 2 Adam Williamson 2023-09-11 16:49:18 UTC 
It was added in this misleadingly-named commit:
https://github.com/fedoradesign/backgrounds/commit/8226ee7a90ca7b817b64bd2358e96d1ec1b73d1b
Comment 3 Adam Williamson 2023-09-11 17:19:55 UTC 
Proposing as a Beta FE, obviously having an as-intended version of the backgrounds for Beta would be good and cannot be entirely done with an update (you'll see the dithered one on live boots).
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2023-09-11 22:06:26 UTC 
FEDORA-2023-dcb2b2bb93 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 39. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-dcb2b2bb93
Comment 5 Adam Williamson 2023-09-11 22:08:11 UTC 
+3 in https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review/issue/1301 , marking accepted FE.
Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2023-09-12 01:24:23 UTC 
FEDORA-2023-dcb2b2bb93 has been pushed to the Fedora 39 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2023-dcb2b2bb93`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-dcb2b2bb93

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2023-09-13 02:51:40 UTC 
FEDORA-2023-dcb2b2bb93 has been pushed to the Fedora 39 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2023-dcb2b2bb93`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-dcb2b2bb93

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2023-09-15 18:58:58 UTC 
FEDORA-2023-dcb2b2bb93 has been pushed to the Fedora 39 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.
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