Sponsored 0.8.1-1ubuntu0.20.04.1 to the focal-proposed Unapproved queue. Now we need someone from the SRU team to review and accept the package.
Setting the devel series to Fix Released as 0.8.1 has been auto-synced into groovy. ** Description changed: [Impact] The package in focal is based on an unofficial, not to be used in production version of the package. Because of that it suffers from a critical bug and multiple other issues. Backporting a single fix is not feasible, as the synced version is in overall not in production-ready state. The best option to proceed is to backport the whole version before people actually lose their data by using the deprecated software. + The bug in mention is a racing/thread safety problem, as reported here: + https://github.com/alexandervdm/gummi/issues/126 + [Test Case] - TODO + The original critical bug is hard to reproduce. Users can randomly + encounter the segfault after some time of regular usage. + + As part of validation, since this is a new upstream release, regular usage of the -proposed package is required for longer periods of time (let's say, up to 45 minutes). This means checking for the basic functionality: + * Opening and saving LaTeX documents + * Inserting graphics + * Live preview check + + The upstream maintainer will help performing the required validation. [Regression Potential] - TODO + As this is a new upstream release, there is always chance of regression. + That being said, the current version has been deemed more risky and + dangerous than 0.8.1 as it is not an 'officially tagged' release. As + such, it was not meant to be used in production, so the situation can't + actually get much worse. [Original Description] Dear Maintainer, I am the upstream developer for gummi. After a long hiatus I have in recent months resumed development. Unfortunately the gummi package that was imported from Debian sid for this Ubuntu release is a development build that suffers from a critical bug. I hereby request to: 1. Update the package to stable release 0.8.1 (see [2]) 2. Remove the package from ubuntu universe/tex Thanks in advance and with kind regards, alexandervdm [1] https://github.com/alexandervdm/gummi/issues/33 [2] https://github.com/alexandervdm/gummi/releases/tag/0.8.1 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: gummi 0.7.999-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-18.22-generic 5.4.24 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-18-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu26 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: MATE Date: Tue Apr 14 10:54:35 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-02-24 (49 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Alpha amd64 (20200211) SourcePackage: gummi UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Changed in: gummi (Ubuntu Focal) Importance: Low => High ** Changed in: gummi (Ubuntu Focal) Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: gummi (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1872667 Title: Upgrade gummi package to version 0.8.1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gummi/+bug/1872667/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
