reassign 303687 gconf2 severity 303687 normal thanks > I disagree most strenuously. Up until this version, gnucash worked *fine* > without gconf; now, I can't pull gnucash up on a remote display at all > because of this bletcherous dependency. I think this is a grave bug in > gtkhtml, and I don't think this version of gnucash should be allowed into > testing until this problem is resolved.
This is crazy. gnucash is a gnome-1 program, and works fine on gnome 1. Gnome-2 claims to support gnome-1 programs, and does, but a mistake was made in a gconf2 change. The mistake has a simple patch, approved by upstream, to fix the gconfd-2 daemon to preserve the necessary backward compatibility. Moreover, playing BTS tag isn't the way to settle issues. I reported this already to the gconf2 maintainers, provided them the patch, and they said they were already in contact with upstream. gnucash has a simple fix, it's a "normal" bug because it doesn't cause any serious difficulty. Moreover, not using gconf is a bug; gtkhtml should and must use gconf to preserve configuration information. Since there is such a trivial patch in gconf2 that fixes the problem, I'd suggest that. There is also a trivial workaround for users, which is why the bug is no more than "normal" severity. What I'd like is to actually *fix* the bug, and since the bug is that gconf-2 promises backward compatibility and fails to deliver, that's where it should be fixed. Please don't move the bug around; you don't maintain any of these packages AFAICT and you aren't helping. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
