Re: [Ubuntugnome-qa] Flashback bug breaks Ubuntu GNOME Trusty

[Tim <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 22/06/14 01:32, Erick Brunzell wrote:
> Hi Tim and everyone. I'd actually noticed this during Trusty dev but considered it only a minor nuisance until I received a couple of angry
> phone calls from friends that found themselves unable to boot into any session in Ubuntu GNOME. So I'm at fault for not filing a bug much
> earlier. The report is here:
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/1332183
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> Basically if someone has chosen to automatically login and then installs 'gnome-session-flashback' they're offered the non-existent option of
> GNOME Flashback (Compiz) and it can be a bit tricky getting back to the login screen if a user chooses that broken session.
>
> Alberts was very quick to fix that in Utopic, and I've tested it in both Ubuntu GNOME and Ubuntu so I'm reasonably sure there is no regression
> potential. But I don't know how to edit the bug report info to show that it's only fixed in Utopic and still needs to be fixed in Trusty.
>
> I'd be glad to edit the bug description with the needed info for an SRU so we can get the fix uploaded to trusty-proposed. Then I'll provide
> verification testing - cross-testing with Ubuntu and Edubuntu also - so we can complete the SRU process.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Lance
>
> PS: I requested that Doug allow me to edit this bug description:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1284417
>
> The proposed change is attached to my latest comment.
fwiw you don't need to ask permission to add the SRU report, just go ahead and put it in above the original bug description!
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