Gramps unable to create or edit notes
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gramps (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Trusty |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Unable to edit or create notes in Gramps (Trusty). This has worked prior to upgrading.
This is the same as Debian Bug #747318, which has been marked as fixed. I have applied the Debian patch to the Ubuntu version and the problem is fixed too.
Since the file locations are slightly different than Debian, I have produced a patch for this.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: gramps 4.0.3+dfsg-2 [modified: usr/lib/
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Sun May 18 19:53:15 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-23 (510 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.1)
PackageArchitec
SourcePackage: gramps
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-25 (22 days ago)
The following is an updated text justifying the SRU:
Recommend an SRU (Stable Release Update)
[Impact]
This bug renders Gramps unusable for Genealogists because it is critical that you can save and edit notes whilst researching family trees. This is a very important function within Gramps.
The patch is very small, and is taken directly from the development release (Utopic) which synced it from Debian:
diff --git a/gramps/
18 index a1c92db..d303404 100644
19 --- a/gramps/
20 +++ b/gramps/
21 @@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ class StyledTextEdito
22 self.textbuffer = UndoableStyledB
23 self.textbuffer
24 self.textbuffer
25 - GObject.
26 + GObject.
27 + self.set_
28
29 st_cont = self.get_
30 col = st_cont.
[Test Case]
Test Case 1 - Create a new note:
1. Create a new Empty Family Tree.
2. Goto "Notes" view using the left pane.
3. Click on "+" to add a new note.
4. Type something (e.g. "blabla") into the Text Field.
5. Click "OK".
> Instead of the note being saved, you get an error message "Cannot Save Note" and can only cancel the operation.
Test Case 2 - Edit an existing note:
1. Download the example file from:
http://
2. From the "Family Tree" Menu, import the downloaded file.
2. Goto "Notes" view using the left pane.
3. Double-Click on one of the notes
> Instead of seeing the text you saw in the preview, the note text field is empty. Typing in text is futile, when you click "OK" there is no error message, but what you added to the note is not saved and is not present in the Note View preview, only the old text.
[Regression Potential]
* There little risk of regression because the patch is minor.
* The fix has been tested upstream, in Debian, and in the Ubuntu Development Release (Utopic).
* In the worst case, user data could be erased if something is wrong in this area of the code that has not been detected so far. But the users would probably prefer to have this fix anyway, as they cannot really use Gramps as intended at the moment.
[Other Info]
* Nothing further to add.
Related branches
Changed in gramps (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
assignee: | nobody → Ross Gammon (retail-0) |
Changed in gramps (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Ross Gammon (retail-0) → nobody |
Changed in gramps (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in gramps (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
assignee: | nobody → Ross Gammon (retail-0) |
tags: |
added: verification-done removed: verification-needed |
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