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["Stephen M. Webb" <stephen.webb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Attached debdiff between trusty-updates and SRU.

** Description changed:

- The launcher icons count bubble is not properly scaled to match current
- monitor DPI
+ [ Impact ]
+ The launcher icons count bubble is not properly scaled to match current monitor DPI
+ 
+ [ Test Case ]
+ 
+ (1) Adjust the monitor scaling factor to 1.88 using the System Settings.
+ (2) observe the scaling of an emblem (eg. unread-email count in your email client)
+ 
+ [ Regression Potential ]
+ 
+ Any code change in Unity has the potential to cause a crash or other
+ instability in the desktop shell.
+ 
+ This specific change has the potential to render the emblems unreadable,
+ or or to introduce visible artifacts such as blurry edges to the text.
+ 
+ [ Other Info ]
+ 
+ The Ubuntu 14.04 LTS SRU fix was cherry-picked from Ubuntu 14.10 where
+ it has been in production use for some time without any regressions.

** Branch unlinked: lp:~unity-team/unity/trusty-1066971

** Patch added: "debdiff between unity_7.2.3+14.04.20140826-0ubuntu1 and unity_7.2.4+14.04.20141217-0ubuntu1"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/1353070/+attachment/4292502/+files/unity_7.2.4%2B14.04.20141217-0ubuntu1.debdiff

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Title:
  Launcher icon emblems (count) do not scale to match DPI settings

Status in Unity:
  Fix Committed
Status in Unity 7.2 series:
  In Progress
Status in unity package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [ Impact ]
  The launcher icons count bubble is not properly scaled to match current monitor DPI

  [ Test Case ]

  (1) Adjust the monitor scaling factor to 1.88 using the System Settings.
  (2) observe the scaling of an emblem (eg. unread-email count in your email client)

  [ Regression Potential ]

  Any code change in Unity has the potential to cause a crash or other
  instability in the desktop shell.

  This specific change has the potential to render the emblems
  unreadable, or or to introduce visible artifacts such as blurry edges
  to the text.

  [ Other Info ]

  The Ubuntu 14.04 LTS SRU fix was cherry-picked from Ubuntu 14.10 where
  it has been in production use for some time without any regressions.

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