Comment 16 for bug 1171156
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| Doug McMahon (mc3man) wrote Re: [Bug 1171156] Re: debian/patches/git_reset_scrolling.patch is adversely affecting scrolling, particularly in gedit | #16 |
On 04/22/2013 01:39 PM, Sebastien Bacher wrote:
> I've uploaded a revert of the patch and made the bug SRU compliant, as
> suggested by the release team, they might let it in if they go for
> respins and there is room for that, otherwise it will have to be a SRU
>
> ** Changed in: gtk+3.0 (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed
>
> ** Description changed:
>
> + * Impact:
> Up & down scrolling with a touchpad is now a bit jerky, seen best with gedit in large files though also seems to affect nautilus & in general.
> - reverting back to previous gtk source all scrolling returns to being smooth & consistent
>
> - ProblemType: Bug
> - DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
> - Package: libgtk-3-0 3.6.4-0ubuntu7
> - ProcVersionSign
> - Uname: Linux 3.8.0-18-generic x86_64
> - ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
> - Architecture: amd64
> - Date: Sun Apr 21 09:43:45 2013
> - InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-31 (20 days ago)
> - InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130318)
> - MarkForUpload: True
> - ProcEnviron:
> - TERM=xterm
> - PATH=(custom, no user)
> - XDG_RUNTIME_
> - LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> - SHELL=/bin/bash
> - SourcePackage: gtk+3.0
> - UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> + * Testcase:
> + try scrolling in long documents in gedit using a touchpad, is scrolling "jerky"?
> +
> + * Regression potential:
> + limited, we had the issue the patch tries to solve since before quantal and we are just reverting a patch added a week ago
>
Well pending some 'surprise' reversion the release team should consider
fixing the 13.04 release image(s) for Ubuntu to have the FM handle the
Desktop in a live session. If they do then maybe this can also be included.