Gnumeric menu -> Help -> About Gnumeric -> "License" or "Credits" buttons don't work

Bug #1516454 reported by Lyn Perrine
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
One Hundred Papercuts
Fix Released
Low
Unassigned
gnumeric (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

To reproduce:
1. Launch Gnumeric.
2. Go to the Help menu and select About
3. Select the License or the Credits button on the bottom of dialog box that pops up

Expected:
This shows Gnumeric's license information.

Actual result:
The button is pressed down, but it does nothing.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: gnumeric 1.12.24-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-19.23-generic 4.2.6
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-19-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.19.2-0ubuntu6
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: LXDE
Date: Sun Nov 15 15:05:00 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-15 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha i386 (20151115)
SourcePackage: gnumeric
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Lyn Perrine (walterorlin) wrote :
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Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa) wrote :

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1516454

tags: added: iso-testing
summary: - gnumeric help about gnumeric liscense button does not work.
+ gnumeric menu ->help ->about gnumeric -> liscense, button does not
+ work.
summary: - gnumeric menu ->help ->about gnumeric -> liscense, button does not
+ gnumeric menu ->help ->about gnumeric -> liscense button, does not
work.
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote : Re: gnumeric menu ->help ->about gnumeric -> liscense button, does not work.

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

Changed in gnumeric (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in gnumeric (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in hundredpapercuts:
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Low
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Wen Jie (seowwjpg) wrote : Re: gnumeric menu ->help ->about gnumeric -> license button, does not work.

Bug still present in Lubuntu 16.04 amd64 build 20151219.

summary: - gnumeric menu ->help ->about gnumeric -> liscense button, does not
+ gnumeric menu ->help ->about gnumeric -> license button, does not
work.
description: updated
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Simon Quigley (tsimonq2) wrote :

This is confirmed in today's Yakkety and Xenial images. (20160725)

description: updated
Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)
description: updated
summary: - gnumeric menu ->help ->about gnumeric -> license button, does not
- work.
+ Gnumeric menu -> Help -> About Gnumeric -> "License" or "Credits"
+ buttons don't work
Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)
Changed in gnumeric (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Lyn Perrine (walterorlin) wrote :

I cannot reproduce this in zesty with gnumeric version

 gnumeric:
  Installed: 1.12.32-1build1
  Candidate: 1.12.32-1build1
  Version table:
 *** 1.12.32-1build1 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)
Changed in gnumeric (Ubuntu):
assignee: Simon Quigley (tsimonq2) → nobody
status: In Progress → Confirmed
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Paul White (paulw2u) wrote :

Further to comment #6, I don't see these buttons at all in the bionic release but they definitely work in the focal and impish releases. With no further reports for over five years I'm closing this issue as being fixed.

Changed in hundredpapercuts:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Changed in gnumeric (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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