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gtk+3.0 package

  1. Bug #898114
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 898114

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Murray Cumming (murrayc) wrote :

Trying to follow the procedure from here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates

[Impact]
This causes loss of data in applications that use GtkTreeViews to edit data. If the user is unlucky then he will not even notice. It's most obvious impact is in the GTK+ file chooser when creating a directory, and in Nautilus when renaming files. The new file names are lost unless the user explicitly types Enter. This was a regression compared to GTK+ 2.

[Development Fix]
Ubuntu Precise does not have this problem because it has a later version of GTK+ that includes the fix. GTK+ fixed this in a stable bug-fix release.

[Stable Fix]
This patch fixed it upstream:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=653289#c12

[Test Case]
In the Nautilus file manager, right-click a file and choose "Rename ...". Change the file name. Click on a different file. The new file name will be lost. It will only be retained if you press Enter instead of clicking away.

[Regression Potential]
This fix has been upstream for a long time now and no problems have been reported.