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[Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Marco, or anyone else affected,

Accepted unity into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be
available at
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/7.4.0+16.04.20160715-0ubuntu1
in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this update
out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag
from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the
bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to
verification-failed.  In either case, details of your testing will help
us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance!

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1598770

Title:
  Unity in low-graphics mode has animations and unneeded redraws

Status in compiz package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in nux package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in unity package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in unity-control-center package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in compiz source package in Xenial:
  Fix Committed
Status in nux source package in Xenial:
  Fix Committed
Status in unity source package in Xenial:
  Fix Committed
Status in unity-control-center source package in Xenial:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [Impact]

  When unity is in Low graphics mode (because of software rendering)
  there are still window animations and fade effects which we should get
  rid of.

  
  [Test case]

  This should apply naturally to a (virtual-)machine with no hardware
  acceleration or There are multiple ways to force low-gfx mode:

  1) Add an upstart job such as:

  cat << EOF > ~/.config/upstart/lowgfx.conf
  start on starting unity7

  pre-start script
    #initctl set-env --global UNITY_LOW_GFX_MODE=1
    initctl set-env --global LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1
  end script
  EOF 

  
  2) Run unity with:
     COMPIZ_CONFIG_PROFILE=ubuntu-lowgfx

  On login unity should use opaque views (dash, switcher, launcher,
  shortcut-dialogs) with no fading and reduced effects. Windows should
  also use smaller shadows.

  
  [Regression potential]

  Some settings from unity-control-center couldn't be applied to normal
  profile. Low graphics mode might be used as normal one.

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