I've installed libgeis1 2.2.9.2-0ubuntu1 and can confirm that the proposed update does fix this bug (the slow startup of evince when the backend fails to initialize).
I don't run Unity, so I cannot comment on whether this version solves that particular regression.
I've installed libgeis1 2.2.9.2-0ubuntu1 and can confirm that the proposed update does fix this bug (the slow startup of evince when the backend fails to initialize).
I don't run Unity, so I cannot comment on whether this version solves that particular regression.