Comment 25 for bug 1019621

Hi everyone,

abiword-2.8.6 will not break an abiword-2.9.2 configuration.

If you can't roll back to 2.8.6 your should at least upgrade to 2.9.3
which has far fewer bugs.

Cheers

Martin

On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 11:02 PM, Lionel Le Folgoc <email address hidden> wrote:
> I don't know if Xubuntu will do a point release, you should ask the
> Xubuntu project or testing/QA leaders. Anyway, this tweet looks wrong
> (if there's a point release, it should be coordinated with Ubuntu
> 12.04.1).
>
> I'm doubtful about a reversion too, because it would change the program
> from gtk3 back to gtk2 (abi compatiblity, bleh!), and I still haven't
> had any answer to my question (would a 2.9.x abiword config break
> horribly with a 2.8 abiword?).
>
> FYI, I've put abiword 2.8.6 packages for precise in my ppa (untested,
> use at your own risk).
>
> ** Changed in: abiword (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1019621
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> Title:
> Precise abiword version needs to be reverted to stable release prior
> to 12.04.1
>
> Status in “abiword” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> The issue cannot be captured by a screen recording program.
>
> VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset
> Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
>
> It makes abiword almost useless for documents that have more than 1/2 of a page.
> I see giant gray squares, usually taking from 1/3 to 2/3 of document space.
> additonally - the black background looks extremely bad
>
> A video is attached.
> Recording laptop screen didn't do any good, I recorded and external display instead.
>
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