Comment 3 for bug 581486

gero wrote in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/emacs23/+bug/588203/comments/20
> Bug #581486 is not really a duplicate of this bug but fixing this one would probably also fix the other one.
>
> It's about two very annoying bugs in the Emacs version currently shipping with Lucid (23.1.1):
> * Moving the scroll bar is marking text.
> * When letting go of the scroll bar it often snaps back to its previous position (and with it the displayed
> section of the file) instead of staying where it is.
>
> I gather that these problems stem from bugs in the interaction with GTK and X. Apparently they have
> been fixed in later versions, including Emacs 23.2.
>
> As these are rather severe usability problems, is there any chance to get Lucid upgraded to Emacs 23.2?

As a general observation of Ubuntu policy, it is unlikely that Lucid would be updated to 23.2, but if it's feasible to backport patches for individual bugs, getting those fixes into 23.1 could be requested as an SRU. A rough workaround is documented in the upstream bug for bug #581486, so I doubt it's worth trying to hunt down the relevant upstream patch just to see whether it could be backported to 23.1, but if you feel up to it, by all means feel welcome to try. I would propose to remove the duplicate status for bug #581486 and following up here, if you decide to pursue this.