Pidgin popups are annoying

[dgf]

hi,

just for curiosity I installed notify-osd and found that it has problems with pidgin. Every message which would create a popup, creates a little window. I think pictures tell more than words: http://666kb.com/i/b6lhhgwixpiknvgh1.png
I hope you fix that, because that made me remove notify-osd.

[Ted Gould (ted)]

Thanks for reporting this, but it is caused by the fact that you have an older version of the pidgin-libnotify plugin. The newer versions do not have this problem. This is a fallback mode that you're seeing for applications that have not been updated.

[Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl)]

Michael, can we address this in the intrepid-jaunty upgrade script?

Mark

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 10:38:57AM +0000, Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
> Michael, can we address this in the intrepid-jaunty upgrade script?

Sure, I added code to the release upgrader that ensures that
pidgin-libnotify gets upgraded (if it is installed) to the required
version.

Cheers,
 Michael

[Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl)]

Michael Vogt wrote:
> Sure, I added code to the release upgrader that ensures that
> pidgin-libnotify gets upgraded (if it is installed) to the required
> version.
>

It should be installed and configured by default for new users too, and
installed / enabled during upgrades even if it isn't already installed
or enabled. Do you know how to get it into the ubuntu-desktop task?

https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin-libnotify/+bug/332719

Thanks Michael!

Mark

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:07:26AM +0000, Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
> Michael Vogt wrote:
> > Sure, I added code to the release upgrader that ensures that
> > pidgin-libnotify gets upgraded (if it is installed) to the required
> > version.
> >
>
> It should be installed and configured by default for new users too, and
> installed / enabled during upgrades even if it isn't already installed
> or enabled. Do you know how to get it into the ubuntu-desktop task?
>
> https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin-libnotify/+bug/332719

I added it to the desktop seed now and it will be part of
ubuntu-desktpo once it moves from universe to main. For this it needs
a main inclusion report [1]. I started one here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MainInclusionReportPidginLibnotify

Its not finished yet, its probably best if someone who
knows the package a bit better completes it.

Cheers,
 Michael

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MainInclusionProcess

[Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl)]

Michael Vogt wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:07:26AM +0000, Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
>
>> Michael Vogt wrote:
>>
>>> Sure, I added code to the release upgrader that ensures that
>>> pidgin-libnotify gets upgraded (if it is installed) to the required
>>> version.
>>>
>>>
>> It should be installed and configured by default for new users too, and
>> installed / enabled during upgrades even if it isn't already installed
>> or enabled. Do you know how to get it into the ubuntu-desktop task?
>>
>> https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin-libnotify/+bug/332719
>>
>
> I added it to the desktop seed now and it will be part of
> ubuntu-desktpo once it moves from universe to main. For this it needs
> a main inclusion report [1]. I started one here:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MainInclusionReportPidginLibnotify
>
> Its not finished yet, its probably best if someone who
> knows the package a bit better completes it.
>
> Cheers,
> Michael
>
> [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MainInclusionProcess
>
Ted, would you pursue the Main Inclusion process for pidgin-libnotify?

Mark

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package update-manager - 1:0.99

---------------
update-manager (1:0.99) jaunty; urgency=low

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py:
    - enable apport crash capturing during upgrades
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeView.py:
    - create /var/lib/pycentral/pkgremove before the upgrade to
      help pycentral transition to the new python policy (thanks
      to doko)
  * ensure pidgin-libnotify is ugpraded (LP: #332328)
  * better wording for aborts (thanks to Gabor Kelemen and
    Jean-Baptiste Lallement), LP: #289303
  * wording fixes, thanks to Brian Murray and Gabor Kelemen
    LP: #269583
  * i18n fix, thanks to Gabor Kelemen, LP: #331821
  * support /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades.d/ directory
    for local overrides of the upgrade process. Useful to force
    certain site-specific options (like third party repository
    handling)
  * allow "[FreeSpace]\nSkipCheck=yes" override to skip free
    space checks (useful for testing)
  * support "[Sources"]\nAllowThirdParty=yes" override to skip
    commenting out of unknown repositories (LP: #147080)
  * debian/*.install:
    - updated for the new python layout (/u/l/p/dist-packages instead of
      /u/l/p/site-packages)
  * debian/rules:
    - use DH_PYCENTRAL=include-links instead of "nomove"
    - use "--install-layout=deb" in distutils
  * debian/control:
    - use "XS-Python-Version: all" instead of current
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeCache.py:
    - fix modalias path in NvidiaDetector
  * data/glade/UpdateManager.glade:
    - add "settings" button
  * UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py:
    - open software-properties when settings button
      is clicked (LP: #334959)
    - keep track of launch times via gconf
      (/apps/update-manager/launch_time)
  * debian/control:
    - recommend software-properties-gtk

  [ Brian Murray ]
  * DistUpgrade/multiple files:
    - fixed typographical error
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeViewText.py:
    - change "Restart required" default to N (LP: #328452)

 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:33:12 +0100