On 22/12/13 02:06, Marius Gedminas wrote:
Ubuntu Software Center crashes on startup for me and many other people
due to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/1211887

This bug is fixed in webkit 2.3.2-1ubuntu4 for trusty and in webkit
1.10.2-0ubuntu3 from saucy-proposed.

However Ubuntu GNOME 13.10 users who have the gnome3-team/gnome3 PPA
enabled will not receive this bugfix, because that PPA contains webkit
2.0.4-1ubuntu1~saucy3, which has a higher version number than the one in
saucy-proposed.
I have been trying to get webkit 2.3.2 for the the gnome3 PPA, however
the PPA builders struggle with webkit, with the amd64 builds mostly timeout.


What should I do to help get this fixed for Ubuntu GNOME 13.10 users?

I could try to extract the patch from 2.3.2-1ubuntu4 and try to apply it
to 2.0.4-1ubuntu1~saucy3, then see if it fixes Software Center crashes
for me.  Do the PPA maintainers use a VCS, or should I just apt-get
source?  Should I add a bug task for ubuntu-gnome to LP #1211887?
Backporting the patch to 2.0.4 is an option, I think that version builds ok on the PPA's. However gnome3-staging still has a bug affected webkit 2.2.1

We don't currently have VCS for PPA packages, so just use apt-get source, then post a debdiff once done.

Tim


Marius Gedminas



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