There was an update of the evince package some days ago. Seems like the
update don't contain the patch you sent but now opening a new window
from the evince menu does work. The new window menu for evince is still
missing in shell (right click on the launcher).
I applied your patch to the profiles
Public bug reported:
If I launch evince and then try to open a new window by using the menu in
evince nothing happens.
Also the new window entry is missing in the right click menu of the launcher.
When I try to open a new window from the Evince menu the following
appears in the system log:
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