install: Support Ubuntu 24.04.

Signed-off-by: Anders Kaseorg <anders@zulip.com>

.github/workflows/production-suite.yml

@@ -145,6 +145,11 @@ jobs:
             os: jammy
             extra-args: ""
 
+          - docker_image: zulip/ci:noble
+            name: Ubuntu 24.04 production install
+            os: noble
+            extra-args: ""
+
           - docker_image: zulip/ci:bullseye
             name: Debian 11 production install with custom db name and user
             os: bullseye

.github/workflows/zulip-ci.yml

@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ jobs:
             os: bookworm
             include_documentation_tests: false
             include_frontend_tests: false
+          # Ubuntu 24.04 ships with Python 3.12.2.
+          - docker_image: zulip/ci:noble
+            name: Ubuntu 24.04 (Python 3.12, backend)
+            os: noble
+            include_documentation_tests: false
+            include_frontend_tests: false
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: ${{ matrix.name }}

docs/development/setup-advanced.md

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ One can install the Zulip development environment directly on a Linux
 host by following these instructions. Currently supported platforms
 are:
 
-- Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04
+- Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, 24.04
 - Debian 11, 12
 - CentOS 7 (beta)
 - Fedora 38 (beta)

docs/development/setup-recommended.md

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ a proxy to access the internet.)
 - **All**: 2GB available RAM, Active broadband internet connection,
   [GitHub account](#step-0-set-up-git--github).
 - **macOS**: macOS (10.11 El Capitan or newer recommended)
-- **Ubuntu LTS**: 20.04 or 22.04
+- **Ubuntu LTS**: 20.04, 22.04, or 24.04
 - **Debian**: 11 or 12
 - **Fedora**: tested for 36
 - **Windows**: Windows 64-bit (Windows 10 recommended), hardware

docs/production/requirements.md

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ To run a Zulip server, you will need:
 - A supported OS:
   - Ubuntu 20.04
   - Ubuntu 22.04
+  - Ubuntu 24.04
   - Debian 11
   - Debian 12
 - A supported CPU architecture:
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ on issues you'll encounter](install-existing-server.md).
 
 #### Operating system
 
-Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Debian 11, and Debian 12
+Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, Debian 11, and Debian 12
 are supported for running Zulip in production. You can also
 run Zulip on other platforms that support Docker using
 [docker-zulip][docker-zulip-homepage].

scripts/lib/install

@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ if [ -f /etc/os-release ]; then
 fi
 
 case "$os_id $os_version_id" in
-    'debian 11' | 'debian 12' | 'ubuntu 20.04' | 'ubuntu 22.04') ;;
+    'debian 11' | 'debian 12' | 'ubuntu 20.04' | 'ubuntu 22.04' | 'ubuntu 24.04') ;;
     *)
         system_requirements_failure <<EOF
 Unsupported OS release: $os_id $os_version_id
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ Zulip in production is supported only on:
  - Debian 12
  - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
+ - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
 EOF
         ;;
 esac

scripts/setup/apt-repos/zulip/custom.sh

@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ if [[ ! -e /usr/share/doc/groonga-apt-source/copyright ]]; then
             read -r release
         } <<<"$os_info"
 
+        if [ "$distribution" = ubuntu ] && [ "$release" = noble ]; then
+            # PGroonga binaries are not yet provided for Ubuntu 24.04.
+            exit
+        fi
+
         if [ "$distribution" = debian ] && [ "$release" = bookworm ]; then
             # As of Debian 12, the Groonga repository depends on the
             # Apache Arrow repository.

scripts/setup/apt-repos/zulip/noble.list

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ noble-pgdg main
+deb-src http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ noble-pgdg main

tools/ci/build-docker-images

@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ set -eux
 cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
 docker build . --build-arg=BASE_IMAGE=ubuntu:20.04 --pull --tag=zulip/ci:focal
 docker build . --build-arg=BASE_IMAGE=ubuntu:22.04 --pull --tag=zulip/ci:jammy
+docker build . --build-arg=BASE_IMAGE=ubuntu:24.04 --pull --tag=zulip/ci:noble
 docker build . --build-arg=BASE_IMAGE=debian:11 --pull --tag=zulip/ci:bullseye
 docker build . --build-arg=BASE_IMAGE=debian:12 --pull --tag=zulip/ci:bookworm

tools/lib/provision.py

@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ elif vendor == "ubuntu" and os_version == "21.10":  # impish
     POSTGRESQL_VERSION = "13"
 elif vendor == "ubuntu" and os_version == "22.04":  # jammy
     POSTGRESQL_VERSION = "14"
+elif vendor == "ubuntu" and os_version == "24.04":  # noble
+    POSTGRESQL_VERSION = "16"
 elif vendor == "neon" and os_version == "20.04":  # KDE Neon
     POSTGRESQL_VERSION = "12"
 elif vendor == "fedora" and os_version == "38":
@@ -126,11 +128,8 @@ UBUNTU_COMMON_APT_DEPENDENCIES = [
     "default-jre-headless",  # Required by vnu-jar
     # Puppeteer dependencies from here
     "fonts-freefont-ttf",
-    "gconf-service",
-    "libappindicator1",
     "libatk-bridge2.0-0",
     "libgbm1",
-    "libgconf-2-4",
     "libgtk-3-0",
     "libx11-xcb1",
     "libxcb-dri3-0",
@@ -160,7 +159,7 @@ COMMON_YUM_DEPENDENCIES = [
 
 BUILD_GROONGA_FROM_SOURCE = False
 BUILD_PGROONGA_FROM_SOURCE = False
-if (vendor == "debian" and os_version in []) or (vendor == "ubuntu" and os_version in []):
+if (vendor == "debian" and os_version in []) or (vendor == "ubuntu" and os_version in ["24.04"]):
     # For platforms without a PGroonga release, we need to build it
     # from source.
     BUILD_PGROONGA_FROM_SOURCE = True
@@ -176,14 +175,6 @@ if (vendor == "debian" and os_version in []) or (vendor == "ubuntu" and os_versi
     ]
 elif "debian" in os_families():
     DEBIAN_DEPENDENCIES = UBUNTU_COMMON_APT_DEPENDENCIES
-    # The below condition is required since libappindicator is
-    # not available for Debian 11. "libgroonga1" is an
-    # additional dependency for postgresql-13-pgdg-pgroonga.
-    #
-    # See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=895037
-    if vendor == "debian":
-        DEBIAN_DEPENDENCIES.remove("libappindicator1")
-        DEBIAN_DEPENDENCIES.append("libgroonga0")
 
     # If we are on an aarch64 processor, ninja will be built from source,
     # so cmake is required