Comment 18 for bug 1013881

The change is from patch 109_fr_oss_space_char.patch which was brought in with version 2.5-1ubuntu1.1. Changing the behavior of the right control key was intentional, as requested by reporters in bug #221112 to fix a bad problem that occurs when using Rhythmbox.

2.5-1ubuntu1.1 is included in precise-updates now, since the SRU request was accepted and processed. So it's too late to pull the fix, it'd need a new SRU filed with a reversion.

Note that the patch in question was also included in Lucid and Maverick as a Ubuntu-specific patch (when RB was the default music player), but inadvertently got dropped for natty and oneiric. Meanwhile, the patch was sent upstream and accepted there. While the patch is a behavioral change compared with oneiric, since it preserves a behavior fixed in Lucid it seems sensible to me to include it to eliminate the LTS->LTS behavior change.

As to the proposed alternate solution, I am open to that if it does indeed fix things for both parties, *and* if it gets taken upstream. I see that bug reporters have already raised that upstream, so thanks! What we're going to do is wait and see what upstream thinks about it, and if/when they commit a fix we can consider pulling it for Ubuntu too.