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istanbul package

istanbul crashed with AttributeError in stop_recording()

Bug #132130 reported by twister
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istanbul (Debian)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: istanbul

istanbul crashed with AttributeError in stop_reco

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Aug 13 05:31:44 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/istanbul
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
Package: istanbul 0.2.2-1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/istanbul
ProcCwd: /home/twister
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/istanbul']
SourcePackage: istanbul
Title: istanbul crashed with AttributeError in stop_recording()
Uname: Linux twister-desktop 2.6.22-9-generic #1 SMP Fri Aug 3 00:50:37 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

Tags: apport-crash
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twister (sabrina-cyber) wrote :
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.This bug is known upstream please see: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=412663

Changed in istanbul:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Incomplete
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Changed in istanbul:
status: Unknown → New
Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)
Changed in istanbul:
status: Incomplete → Triaged
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exactt (giesbert) wrote :

according to the gnome bug report a fixed was released on 2008-04-20....

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Andreas Moog (ampelbein) wrote :

Patch attached

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Changed in istanbul:
status: Unknown → New
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Hew (hew) wrote :

A fix has not been released upstream, it is only a proposed patch at this stage.

To get the fix included in Ubuntu, it would help if you tried transforming it into a debdiff (http://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/Recipes/Debdiff) and submit it for review (http://wiki.ubuntu.com/SponsorshipProcess). If you prefer somebody else to do that, that's fine - please just indicate if you're available to do that.

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Andreas Moog (ampelbein) wrote :

Debdiff attached. I hope I have done it ok.

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Andreas Moog (ampelbein) wrote :

istanbul (0.2.2-4ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low

  * Fix crash with AttributeError in stop_recording() (LP: #132130)

 -- Andreas Moog <email address hidden> Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:38:19 +0200

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status: New → Incomplete
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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote :

Patch looks good. Do you think you can put it into debian/patches instead of patching the source code itself?

Changed in istanbul:
status: Triaged → Incomplete
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Andreas Moog (ampelbein) wrote :

Hmm. Apparently in 0.2.2-4 this patch is already included. debian/patches/window-record.diff and has to be backported for Hardy.

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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote :

As far as I can see it's not included. Can you let me know which patch includes the fix? If you can't find it, can you change the debdiff and add the fix as a patch in debian/patches?

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Andreas Moog (ampelbein) wrote :

It was in the 0.2.2-4 package:

0.2.2-4
Published in intrepid-release on 2008-05-03

istanbul (0.2.2-4) unstable; urgency=low

  * Do not screw up python import path at runtime with wrong data
    (Closes: #476674)
  * Fix window selection and recording under compiz, patch by
    Krzysztof Kotlenga (Closes: #415896) <------ This is the patch i'm talking about.

This comes with a diff called debian/patches/window-record.diff and fixes the issue.

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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote :

Oh ok.. I missed that. Sorry.

If you want to fix it in Hardy, you need to follow this process: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates

Unsubscribing ubuntu-universe-sponsors for now.

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Lynoure Braakman (lynoure) wrote :

For some unlucky user this bug can fill the criteria of "Bugs which may, under realistic circumstances, directly cause a loss of user data". They don't test with recording an area first, they record something non-repeatable (e.g. a usability test) and wham, data is lost.

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Lynoure Braakman (lynoure) wrote :

Oh, just noticed. I get this problem without compiz, myself.

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Hew (hew) wrote :

The fix is included with istanbul 0.2.2-4 which is included in Intrepid. I have not experienced the issue since. Marking Fix Released.

Changed in istanbul:
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
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Changed in istanbul:
importance: Unknown → Medium
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Changed in istanbul (Debian):
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
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Changed in istanbul:
status: New → Won't Fix
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