SRU: gnome-panel 3.18.3

[Dmitry Shachnev]

I would like to update Xenial version of gnome-panel to a new upstream microrelease, 3.18.3.

Apart from translations updates, it fixes two bugs:

* User switching now works correctly when using GDM as display manager (the LightDM code was not changed). This only affects gnome-panel's own session menu, not indicator-session which is used by default.

  A test case for this issue is:

  - Start GNOME Flashback session from GDM.
  - Try to select the Switch User action from gnome-panel's session menu.
  - GDM screen with user selection should appear, with ability to restore the previous session.

  Upstream bug for this issue is https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=769009.

* The scaling support was disabled in GTK+ to improve the experience on HiDPI displays.

  A test case for this issue is:

  - Try to run GNOME Flashback session on a HiDPI display, i.e. on new Apple machines.

A package has been uploaded to ppa:ubuntu-gnome-flashback/unstable, the build logs are available from there too.

Upstream changelog is available at https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-panel/tree/NEWS?h=gnome-3-18.

Regression potential: the fixes are minimal so should not cause any regressions.

All fixes in this release are applied also in 3.20.1, which is in Yakkety.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Hello Dmitry, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gnome-panel into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/1:3.18.3-0ubuntu0.1 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!

[Alberts Muktupāvels (muktupavels)]

Just tested HiDPI part in VirtualBox, works as expected after upgrading. GDM did not work so I could not test user switching...

[Dmitry Shachnev (mitya57)]

I tested user switching with GDM, works fine with the new version.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-panel - 1:3.18.3-0ubuntu0.1

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gnome-panel (1:3.18.3-0ubuntu0.1) xenial; urgency=medium

  * New upstream bugfix release (LP: #1613090).
  * Add build-dependency on libgdm-dev, following configure.ac.
  * Rebase relax_gtkdoc_check.patch.
  * Refresh 40_unset_menuproxy.patch.

 -- Dmitry Shachnev <email address hidden> Sun, 14 Aug 2016 20:51:58 +0300

[Chris J Arges (arges)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for gnome-panel has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.