[Bug 31511] Re: Settings lost during an upgrade
I guess this bug can be closed because Breezy is not supported anymore and I think hardly anyone is upgrading from Breezy to Dapper anymore. This bug doesn't exist in later releases, please report if it does by any chance. ** Changed in: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- Settings lost during an upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/31511 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 31511] Re: Settings lost during an upgrade
In my case, my primary screensaver is "None" (blank screen). How hard would it be to check for at least this case? also, re: "touching user settings in a postinst of a package is a big nono." While my settings may not have been touched in actuality, they were effectively touched because I upgraded and suddenly my screensaver was acting differently. I didn't know there was a switch in screensavers. -- Settings lost during an upgrade https://launchpad.net/bugs/31511 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 31511] Re: Settings lost during an upgrade
touching user settings in a postinst of a package is a big nono -- Settings lost during an upgrade https://launchpad.net/bugs/31511 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 31511] Re: [Bug 31511] Re: Settings lost during an upgrade
One-time job in the postinst? -- Settings lost during an upgrade https://launchpad.net/bugs/31511 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 31511] Re: Settings lost during an upgrade
The solution with the least suckage is to get it in the gnome-screensaver binary. That way, all distributions win, instead of us keeping around a non-standard patch. Anyway, it's not a hack. It's a migration tool. :) -- Settings lost during an upgrade https://launchpad.net/bugs/31511 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 31511] Re: Settings lost during an upgrade
yup i totally agree and thats what i meant above with "its trivial", but would you do it with a permanent wrapper or with a hack to g-s-s ? i think both is suboptimal ... but what sucks least ? -- Settings lost during an upgrade https://launchpad.net/bugs/31511 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 31511] Re: Settings lost during an upgrade
That is exactly the right thing to do! Here's some pseudocode: 1. Check if /apps/gnome-screensaver has entries 2. If yes, carry on. 3. If no, look for .xscreensaver. If you find that, import as many entries as you can into /apps/gnome-screensaver. That's a total win for everybody. -- Settings lost during an upgrade https://launchpad.net/bugs/31511 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 31511] Re: Settings lost during an upgrade
still i think g-s-s rather should go on using gconf, so either a script or an g-s-s code enhancement is needed to transfer the ~/.xscreensaver settings into gconf, other apps rely on the fact that gconf is used for settings in gnome-screensaver -- Settings lost during an upgrade https://launchpad.net/bugs/31511 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 31511] Re: Settings lost during an upgrade
We could also have gnome-screensaver do that. We don't need to patch gconf at all. William knows about xscreensaver and likely wants his application to replace it. -- Settings lost during an upgrade https://launchpad.net/bugs/31511 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 31511] Re: Settings lost during an upgrade
thats a good idea but sadly not as easy to implement as it sounds, you'd need to patch gconf very intursively to achieve that -- Settings lost during an upgrade https://launchpad.net/bugs/31511 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 31511] Re: Settings lost during an upgrade
You could convince upstream to fall back on .xscreensaver if /apps /gnome-screensaver is empty. -- Settings lost during an upgrade https://launchpad.net/bugs/31511 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 31511] Re: Settings lost during an upgrade
** Changed in: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- Settings lost during an upgrade https://launchpad.net/bugs/31511 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 31511] Re: Settings lost during an upgrade
there is no relation between xscreensaver and gnome-screensaver settings (thats exactly what this bug is about) conffile prompts on package upgrades are unrelated here. -- Settings lost during an upgrade https://launchpad.net/bugs/31511 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 31511] Re: Settings lost during an upgrade
My screensaver settings were lost as well. Breezy - Dapper upgraded through dist-upgrade 10 minutes ago...Note that mid-install, I noticed that it paused because it said that configuration files were changed... (didn't write down which ones, although I should have). I chose the packager's data, so this was expected, but I can imagine that this option should be handled slightly differently. -- Settings lost during an upgrade https://launchpad.net/bugs/31511 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 31511] Re: Settings lost during an upgrade
only some lines (3-5) of the ~/.xscreensaver file would be needed, converting that would be trivial, but the way *how* to implement it is a bit tricky, i dont want a permantent wrapper script around the screensaver daemon... -- Settings lost during an upgrade https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/31511 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 31511] Re: Settings lost during an upgrade
Doing a migration could be rather tricky. What do you think, guys? Converting X resources to gconf keys? -- Settings lost during an upgrade https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/31511 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
