Apps pinned in launcher not retained between 2D and 3D Unity versions

[Justyn Butler]

Fresh 11.04 beta 1 install.

If I pin apps to the launcher in Unity "3D", then log into a Unity 2D session, they are no longer in the launcher, and vice versa.

Surely the launcher settings should remain constant in the two types of Unity, for users that need to switch between the two.

[Newfie (mn-newfie)]

I agree, but Unity 2d and 3d are different projects. 3d is a compiz plugin, 2d is not.

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

@Newfie: correct, but that’s an implementation detail that shouldn’t matter to the users.

@Justyn: this happens because at the moment Unity and Unity-2d don’t use the same configuration backend. When Unity-2d switches to Unity’s backend, this will be solved. This is tracked by bug #692965.

[Florian Boucault (fboucault)]

dconf-qt needs to support arrays before that feature can be implemented.

[Florian Boucault (fboucault)]

Implementation is pending resolution of bug #812725 (list support in dconf-qt)

[Florian Boucault (fboucault)]

Code is ready in lp:~fboucault/unity-2d/dconf_migration_favorites

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package unity-2d - 3.8.12-0ubuntu1

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unity-2d (3.8.12-0ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low

  [ Florian Boucault ]
  * Upstreamed patch 01_build_with_new_indicator.patch
  * do not run pkgbinarymangler to convert images to 8bit since this breaks
    the launcher icon background handling. (LP: #809205)
    (QT upstream bug: http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTBUG-4459)
  * debian/unity-2d.install:
    - install GSettings schemas into usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas
    - install GConf to GSettings conversion into usr/share/GConf/gsettings
  * debian/gconf/schemas/unity-2d.schemas:
    - remove GConf schema for /desktop/unity-2d/launcher/super_key_enable
    - remove GConf schema for /desktop/unity-2d/launcher/favorites
  * debian/20_unity-2d-gconf-default:
    - remove default value for /desktop/unity-2d/launcher/super_key_enable
    - remove default value for /desktop/unity-2d/launcher/favorites
  * debian/control:
    - add dependency on libdconf-qt-dev
    - add dependency on libnux-1.0-dev

  [ Didier Roche ]
  * New upstream release:
    - [dash] preferred applications are not stored in GConf anylonger
      (LP: #805063)
    - [launcher] Tiles background is white/grey instead of the color of the
      icon (oneiric only) (LP: #809205)
    - [dash] Keyboard navigation not implemented as specified (LP: #608132)
    - Unity 2D should use dconf instead of gconf (LP: #692965)
    - [launcher] KDE3 Applications do not appear in launcher (LP: #719983)
    - ubuntu-bug showing that I am running unity-2D, when reporting from
      Compiz Unity interface (LP: #712343)
    - Apps pinned in launcher not retained between 2D and 3D Unity versions
      (LP: #746823)
    - [dash] Cannot have KDE4 applications as shortcuts on home screen
      (LP: #750081)
    - [panel] F10 shortcut does not navigate from application menu to
      indicators (LP: #772061)
    - [panel] F10 shortcut does not show application menu (LP: #777993)
    - [dash] Wine applications are not launched (LP: #794471)
    - [spread] GnomeBackground needs to use dconf to retrieve image path
      (LP: #805393)
    - [dash] transparency broken and graphical artifacts when using opengl
      backend (LP: #806019)
    - [dash] Enter no longer launches first item (LP: #811673)
    - [panel] navigation between application menus temporarily gives focus
      back to the application (LP: #717682)
    - [panel] Empathy's emotes not visible in panel menus (LP: #742822)
    - pgadmin3 not handled by unity-2d (LP: #800710)
    - [dash] slow rendering of background with opengl engine (LP: #806122)
    - [spread] Wallpaper is shifted by the width of the launcher (LP: #808712)
    - [launcher] Migrate gconf key /desktop/unity-2d/launcher/super_key_enable
      to dconf (LP: #810509)
    - [panel] application name cut when menu bar visible should use a fade
      (LP: #704615)
    - [panel] Window title could use a little fade (LP: #694924)
    - [launcher] Codeblocks doesn't appear in the list of applications
      (LP: #716524)
  * Fix typo in trigger (debian/unity-2d.triggers): (LP: #807358)
  * Install the apport hook in the right directory so that it's not laun...