Text color under Ambiance in top panel of GNOME Classic is dark gray instead of white

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

Is this bug still here? I thought I've fixed it with my lp:~mitya57/light-themes/panel-fixes-part-1 branch...

i'm still having this problem after installing 12.04, installing gnome desktop from ubuntu software center and runing all updates from the update manager

Dmitry, thanks for looking at this! looks like the artwork packagers need to sign off. Got this status paragraph from your link:
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Branch merges
Merged into lp:light-themes at revision 214

    Andrea Cimitan: Approve on 2012-03-06
    Ubuntu Artwork Packagers: Pending requested 2012-03-04
    Diff: 79 lines (+29/-0) 2 files modified

Propose for merging
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Ubuntu Artwork Packagers: PLEASE APPROVE

--I need my gnome2, because my computer is not a phone

No, my branch is already merged. It seems that this occurs only in
Compiz session (with Compiz, it uses the theming for unfocused
windows), so I didn't notice it. Jeremy's branch should fix this,
anyway.

This bug was fixed in the package light-themes - 0.1.9.2-0ubuntu1

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light-themes (0.1.9.2-0ubuntu1) quantal; urgency=low

  * New upstream snapshot
    - Add backdrop option, fixes Ambiance theming for menu bar & window
      list (LP: #955376, LP: #981289)
    - Enable the Ubuntu icon for the Applications menu (LP: #986988)
 -- Ken VanDine <email address hidden> Wed, 30 May 2012 14:51:05 -0400

Now that this bug has been fixed for Quantal, what will we need to do in order to get the same package into precise-proposed? The bug affects me (and, likely, others) specifically in Precise, but I have already indicated that the bug affects me.

I will prepare an update for precise-proposed.

Per the SRU process at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates , please add a [Test Case] and [Regression Potential] to the description of this bug. The upload will not be accepted to precise-proposed until that is done. Thanks!

The required information has not been added to the bug despite a request nearly two weeks ago. I'm rejecting light-themes from the upload queue. It can be reuploaded once the linked bugs are in the correct state.

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

Please don't use 'fix committed' for Ubuntu stable release tasks, this value is used by the SRU process with a separate meaning.

The [Regression Potential] here asserts "Other sessions could not be affected" without explanation. It's not at all clear to me in reviewing the delta why that would be. For one thing, there are changes beyond the :backdrop addition:

+@@ -28,6 +32,7 @@
+ PanelApplet > GtkMenuBar.menubar.menuitem,
+ PanelMenuBar.menubar,
+ PanelMenuBar.menubar.menuitem {
++ -PanelMenuBar-icon-visible: true;
+ background-image: -gtk-gradient (linear, left top, left bottom,
+ from (shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.5)),
+ to (shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.05)));
+@@ -41,14 +46,15 @@
+ border-width: 0;
+ }
+
++PanelApplet .button:backdrop,
+ PanelApplet .button {
+ -GtkButton-inner-border: 2;
+
+ background-image: -gtk-gradient (linear, left top, left bottom,
+ from (shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.5)),
+ to (shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.05)));
+-
+- border-color: shade (@dark_bg_color, 0.78);
++ border-color: alpha (shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.0), 0.6);
++ border-left-color: alpha (shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.5), 0.3);
+ border-radius: 0;
+ border-width: 0 1px 0 1px;
+
+@@ -57,37 +63,27 @@
+
+ -unico-border-gradient: none;
+ -unico-glow-radius: 0;
+- -unico-inner-stroke-width: 0;
+- -unico-outer-stroke-width: 0;
++ -unico-inner-stroke-width: 0px;
++ -unico-outer-stroke-width: 0px;
+ }
+
+-PanelApplet .button:prelight:active,
++PanelApplet .button:active:prelight:backdrop,
++PanelApplet .button:active:prelight,
++PanelApplet .button:active:backdrop,
+ PanelApplet .button:active {
+ background-image: -gtk-gradient (linear, left top, left bottom,
+ from (shade (@dark_bg_color, 0.85)),
+ to (shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.0)));
+- border-color: shade (@dark_bg_color, 0.78);
+- border-radius: 0;
+- border-width: 0 1px 0 1px;
+-
+- -unico-border-gradient: none;
+- -unico-glow-radius: 0;
+- -unico-inner-stroke-width: 0;
+- -unico-outer-stroke-width: 0;
++ border-color: shade (@dark_bg_color, 0.9);
+ }
+
++PanelApplet .button:prelight:backdrop,
+ PanelApplet .button:prelight {
+ background-image: -gtk-gradient (linear, left top, left bottom,
+ from (shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.7)),
+ to (shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.25)));
+- border-color: shade (@dark_bg_color, 0.78);
+- border-radius: 0;
+- border-width: 0 1px 0 1px;
+-
+- -unico-border-gradient: none;
+- -unico-glow-radius: 0;
+- -unico-inner-stroke-width: 0;
+- -unico-outer-stroke-width: 0;
++ border-color: alpha (shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.0), 0.6);
++ border-left-color: alpha (shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.5), 0.4);
+ }
+
+ ClockBox {

I'm not comfortable accepting this SRU without a clearer explanation of why *none* of these changes have an impa...

> ++ -PanelMenuBar-icon-visible: true;

This particular line is explained by bug #986988; the other color changes are not.

Hello Christopher, or anyone else affected,

Accepted light-themes into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/light-themes/0.1.9.1-0ubuntu1.1 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 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 change the bug tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not, change the tag to verification-failed. 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!

I have just installed the proposed fix from precise-proposed on my 12.04 laptop, and I can confirm that the fix works. I don't notice any further issues. Thanks much!

I, too, can confirm that the new package resolves the issue described in this bug report. I hope to see it progress from -proposed soon.

This bug was fixed in the package light-themes - 0.1.9.1-0ubuntu1.1

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light-themes (0.1.9.1-0ubuntu1.1) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/fix-ambiance-in-gnome-panel.patch:
    - Add backdrop option, fixes Ambiance theming for menu bar & window
      list (LP: #955376, LP: #981289)
    - Enable the Ubuntu icon for the Applications menu (LP: #986988)
  * debian/patches/greeter-white-border.patch:
     - dropped, applied upstream and the patch wasn't applied
  * Switch dpkg source format from 3.0 (native) to 3.0 (quilt).
 -- Whoopie <email address hidden> Sat, 04 Aug 2012 07:46:14 +0200

The verification of this Stable Release Update 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 regresssions.