> This commit broke string freeze. If we backport this to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, we want to do it without changing the hint string, right?
I noticed this too last night, and I'm uploading with the string change reverted now for 16.10. Thanks for pointing it out! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1600638 Title: Unity control center chokes on upper case in user name Status in Ubuntu GNOME: Triaged Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in unity-control-center package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in gnome-control-center source package in Xenial: Triaged Status in unity-control-center source package in Xenial: Triaged Bug description: 1. Enter control panel 2. "Add account" 3. Use an invalid charcter, such as an upper case letter. 4. Get a confusing error message: Failed to add account running '/usr/sbin/adduser' failed: Child process exited with code 1' This is an easy fix, and could keep a user from getting really confused. For a confused user see http://askubuntu.com/questions/677749/failed-to-add-account-in-ubuntu-14-04 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: unity-control-center 14.04.3+14.04.20150916-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-88.135-generic 3.13.11-ckt39 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-88-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sun Jul 10 12:46:05 2016 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/unity-control-center ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) SHELL=/bin/bash LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en_US XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> SourcePackage: unity-control-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) usr_lib_unity-control-center: deja-dup 30.0-0ubuntu4 gnome-control-center 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu56.1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1600638/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
