Kubuntu slideshow is broken

[Aaron Honeycutt]

If you grab a daily Kubuntu 16.10 image from: http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/360/builds

You will notice the slideshow is broken but ubiquity still installs fine.

The issue is that PyQt4 has dropped Webkit so the html files can't be rendered. A port to PyQt5 should fix the issue.

UPDATE: blaze on LP has been working on the porting and the work is here: https://code.launchpad.net/~blaze/+junk/ubiquity

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Clement Lefebvre (clementlefebvre)]

Hi Aaron,

I got your message on Segfault about this.

The slideshow renders properly for us, but our package base is 16.04 (xenial). That's probably why it's still working here.

Also, we'll be using 16.04 until 2018.

I'll stay connected to #kubuntu-devel this week anyway to see if we can help. Other than a full port to PyQt5, is it possible to mix PyQt4 with gobject introspection? i.e. to continue with PyQt4 and Webkit functionality via gir1.2-webkit-3.0?

[Clement Lefebvre (clementlefebvre)]

Just a follow up after our IRC conversation, in case other people read this report. The gir idea isn't good :)

[Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)]

I'll attempt to fix this.

[Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)]

I'm having a lot of trouble on this so I'd rather someone else fix it.

[Aaron Honeycutt (aaronhoneycutt)]

Yay! HUGE thanks to all those involved with this fix!

On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 6:34 AM, Rik Mills <email address hidden> wrote:

> ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1615799
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> Title:
> Kubuntu slideshow is broken
>
> Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Committed
>
> Bug description:
> If you grab a daily Kubuntu 16.10 image from:
> http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/360/builds
>
> You will notice the slideshow is broken but ubiquity still installs
> fine.
>
> The issue is that PyQt4 has dropped Webkit so the html files can't be
> rendered. A port to PyQt5 should fix the issue.
>
> UPDATE: blaze on LP has been working on the porting and the work is
> here: https://code.launchpad.net/~blaze/+junk/ubiquity
>
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This bug was fixed with a newer release of ubiquity.

ubiquity (16.10.14) yakkety; urgency=medium

  * Don't need a toBool() explicit cast for the formatted toggle in KDE
    partition model.
  * Update translations from Launchpad.

 -- Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <email address hidden> Mon, 10 Oct 2016 13:28:21 -0400

ubiquity (16.10.13) yakkety; urgency=medium

  [ Blaze ]
  * Port to PyQT5.

  [ Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre ]
  * Automatic update of included source packages: preseed 1.71ubuntu3.
  * Finish porting to PyQt5.
  * Various small UI tweaks to support GTK 3.20. (LP: #1614848, #1617711)

 -- Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <email address hidden> Thu, 06 Oct 2016 19:30:10 -0400