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Unity -b command doesn't build a workable application

Bug #660157 reported by Dave Morley
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Unity
Won't Fix
Low
Gord Allott
Unity 0.2-sru "Maverick SRU"
unity (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: unity

Fault:
I ran unity -b to add a Google calendar. The webapp that is created doesn't open. The name also replaces '/' with '-'.

Expected Result:
I expect there to be a web app.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: unity 0.2.46-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.34-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Oct 13 20:46:42 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity

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Dave Morley (davmor2) wrote :
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Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks) wrote :

@david, neil: is unity -b still supported? If not, we should remove it from unity --help

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
Changed in unity:
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
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Neil J. Patel (njpatel) wrote :

I'm using this as a tracker for the unity binary we no longer ship but need to.

Changed in unity:
assignee: nobody → Neil J. Patel (njpatel)
milestone: none → 3.2.12
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Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote :

It appears the webapp support in unity in Maverick is broken in various ways. Here is a list of the problems I have identified so far, along with one big patch that fixes them (I can split the patch in atomic chunks if desired):

 • After the icon for a webapp is fetched, it is not updated in the launcher
 • Webapps are not kept at the bottom of the launcher (next restart they are at the top)
 • No visual notification that a webapp has been added (this is an optional feature rather than a bug in itself, it can be ignored)
 • Webapps are not correctly stored in and removed from GConf
 • The hostname extraction is broken for https:// sites
 • The favicon extraction is broken in a number of cases
 • The name of a webapp replaces "special" characters with dashes (mentioned in the bug description)

Let me know how I can help in getting those fixes in for Natty (if webapps are to be supported).

Brian Murray (brian-murray)
tags: added: patch
Neil J. Patel (njpatel)
Changed in unity:
assignee: Neil J. Patel (njpatel) → Gord Allott (gordallott)
milestone: 3.2.12 → 0.2-sru
Gord Allott (gordallott)
Changed in unity:
status: Triaged → Won't Fix
Omer Akram (om26er)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Won't Fix
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