diff -u gramps-2.2.8/debian/changelog gramps-2.2.8/debian/changelog
--- gramps-2.2.8/debian/changelog
+++ gramps-2.2.8/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+gramps (2.2.8-1ubuntu2) gutsy; urgency=low
+
+  * Work around a bug in gnome-python-extras which caused a deallocation
+    of the TextView in the check if a spell checker is present.
+    (LP: #120569)
+
+ -- Philipp Kern <pkern@debian.org>  Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:57:40 +0200
+
 gramps (2.2.8-1ubuntu1) gutsy; urgency=low
 
   * Merge from debian unstable, remaining changes:
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- gramps-2.2.8.orig/src/Spell.py
+++ gramps-2.2.8/src/Spell.py
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@
         print _("Spelling checker cannot be used without language set.")
         print _("Set your locale appropriately to use spelling checker.")
     else:
-        gtkspell.Spell(gtk.TextView()).set_language(lang)
+        tv = gtk.TextView()
+        gtkspell.Spell(tv).set_language(lang)
         success = True
 except ImportError, msg:
     print _("Spelling checker is not installed")