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xaos package

desktop configuration file for xaos is broken?

Bug #267127 reported by riu
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
xaos (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Evan Broder

Bug Description

Binary package hint: xaos

When you click on "xaos" in applications menu, xaos hangs for a few seconds. You can see it when you hover your mouse over the name of the window, and you can see an additional window button on the panel, saying "launching xaos". If you type in the terminal "xaos" (or "xaos -driver X11" - it doesn't matter) the window doesn't hang and xaos starts fast and smooth. If you create menu item for xaos from scratch, then xaos doesn't hang.

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riu (stanray)
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riu (stanray)
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LaserJock (laserjock) wrote :

I see what you mean, but here it doesn't affect functionality at all. There's just that added little button in the panel for a bit and the "busy" cursor shows, but Xaos itself starts fine and is fully functional. Is it actually causing a problem for you?

Changed in xaos:
status: New → Incomplete
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LaserJock (laserjock) wrote :

I'm closing this for now. If it's still an issue feel free to reopen it (change the status to New) and we can try find a solution.

Changed in xaos (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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Tormod Volden (tormodvolden) wrote :

I can confirm this on Karmic. It is simply because the desktop file enables StartupNotification but the application does not use it.

Changed in xaos (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → Confirmed
Sergio Zanchetta (primes2h)
Changed in xaos (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (andrewsomething)
Changed in xaos (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → In Progress
assignee: nobody → Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (andrewsomething)
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Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (andrewsomething) wrote :

Apparently this is main, and my sponsoring powers don't work there. =) Subscribing main-sponsors.

I can also confirm that this resolves the issue.

Changed in xaos (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Confirmed
assignee: Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (andrewsomething) → nobody
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Jeremy Bícha (jbicha) wrote :

Since xaos is in main, shouldn't maintainer be Ubuntu Core Developers <email address hidden> ?

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Tormod Volden (tormodvolden) wrote :

Absolutely. I was just so convinced it was in universe. Actually I feel this package _should_ be in universe. I think it got into main because of Edubuntu at one point. Anyway, here is an updated debdiff.

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Tormod Volden (tormodvolden) wrote :

Updated the debdiff to have "lucid" in the changelog.

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Ansgar Burchardt (aburch) wrote : Re: [Bug 267127] Re: desktop configuration file for xaos is broken?

I cannot reproduce this problem in Debian using KDE 4. When I start
xaos via the menu entry, the startup notification stops when the main
window appears.

Regards,
Ansgar

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Tormod Volden (tormodvolden) wrote :

On current Lucid with Gnome, the application starts without delay, but the extraneous "starting xaos" window tab and the busy cursor appears for 15 seconds.

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Ben Crisford (bencrisford) wrote :

I have lucid+gnome and I don't experience any of these problems.

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Evan Broder (broder) wrote :

I see the same behavior Tormod describes on Lucid+Gnome, so I'm going to sponsor this fix. (I had to rework the debdiff to apply against the newly synced version of xaos in Maverick)

Since this is just a bugfix, I don't believe it requires an FFe.

Changed in xaos (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → In Progress
assignee: nobody → Evan Broder (broder)
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package xaos - 3.5+ds1-1ubuntu1

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xaos (3.5+ds1-1ubuntu1) maverick; urgency=low

  * debian/xaos.desktop: remove StartupNotify since it is not supported by
    the application. Patch by Tormod Volden. (LP: #267127)
 -- Evan Broder <email address hidden> Sun, 22 Aug 2010 02:34:13 -0400

Changed in xaos (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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Tormod Volden (tormodvolden) wrote :

Thanks Evan! BTW, I sent the patch to the Debian maintainer in March.

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