Engrampa refuses to add files to a zip archive if compression-level is set to "maximum"

Fixed upstream, not released yet though. Can be fixed in Xenial and any following Ubuntu releases using this patch.

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

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This bug was fixed in the package engrampa - 1.18.2-2ubuntu0

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engrampa (1.18.2-2ubuntu0) artful; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches: Add 0000_fix-maximum-compression-zip.patch. Create
    zip files in maximum compression level (LP: #1580860)

 -- Martin Wimpress <email address hidden> Sat, 23 Sep 2017 19:59:50 +0100

[Impact]

An old bug in Engrampa prevents users from creating
zip archives when the compression level is set to
maximum in the settings.

The fix for this issue is provided in the debdiffs
attached to the report.

The fix is already in Artful, and would be nice to
backport it to Zesty and Xenial as well. That bug
caused problems for years, especially if you don't
remember that you once set the compression level
to maximum. The error message doesn't really help.

[Test Case]

First, set the compression level to maximum, using
either dconf-editor or gsettings tool:

$ gsettings set org.mate.engrampa.general compression-level 'maximum'

Then try to compress any file(s) into zip archive.
The operation will fail with error message dialog,
and the archive won't be created.

[Regression Potential]

None. The fix doesn't affect any other features of
Engrampa (other archive types, other compression
levels, extracting, and so on).

Uploaded.

Hello SUNSHINE, or anyone else affected,

Accepted engrampa into zesty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/engrampa/1.18.1-0ubuntu1.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed.Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-zesty to verification-done-zesty. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-zesty. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Hello SUNSHINE, or anyone else affected,

Accepted engrampa into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/engrampa/1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed.Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-xenial to verification-done-xenial. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-xenial. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Testing in Xenial:

- checked compression-level setting, it's already on 'maximum'
- replaced my locally built engrampa and engrampa-common packages with version 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1 from xenial-proposed
- compressed a couple of files into .zip archive

Testing in Zesty:

- checked compression-level setting, it's already on 'maximum'
- upgraded local build of engrampa and engrampa-common to 1.18.1-0ubuntu1.1 from zesty-proposed
- compressed a couple of files into .zip archive

In both cases, the .zip archive is created successfully, which means the fix works.

This bug was fixed in the package engrampa - 1.18.1-0ubuntu1.1

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engrampa (1.18.1-0ubuntu1.1) zesty; urgency=medium

  * fix-maximum-compression-zip.patch: new patch. Fixes
    creating zip archives when compression level is set
    to maximum (LP: #1580860)

 -- Vlad Orlov <email address hidden> Sun, 24 Sep 2017 13:57:34 +0300

The verification of the Stable Release Update for engrampa has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

This bug was fixed in the package engrampa - 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1

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engrampa (1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1) xenial; urgency=medium

  * fix-maximum-compression-zip.patch: new patch. Fixes creating
    zip archives with maximum compression level (LP: #1580860)

 -- Vlad Orlov <email address hidden> Mon, 30 Oct 2017 16:43:32 +0300