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No context pane plugin for rhythmbox installation (Trusty/Utopic/Vivid)

Bug #1272870 reported by fossfreedom on 2014-01-26

This bug affects 4 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	One Hundred Papercuts	Confirmed	High	Unassigned
	rhythmbox (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	High	Unassigned

Bug Description

Using the latest version of rhythmbox from the trusty archives.

I've noticed that the "Context Pane" plugin does not appear to be installed.

The question is - why?

It definitely in in the rhythmbox source package - so when is the context pane plugin removed? - compile options issue?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: rhythmbox 3.0.1-1ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-5.20-generic 3.13.0
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-5-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.13.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sun Jan 26 09:48:30 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-13 (73 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20131113)
SourcePackage: rhythmbox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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fossfreedom (fossfreedom) wrote on 2014-01-26:

Dependencies.txt Edit (16.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GstreamerVersions.txt Edit (6.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LogAlsaMixer.txt Edit (5.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (106 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (41.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2014-02-26:

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

Changed in rhythmbox (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Federico Vera (fedevera) wrote on 2014-02-26:

I can confirm this bug, also the 'rhythmbox-plugins' package isn't being installed... (although with no context pane, most plugins are useless).

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fossfreedom (fossfreedom) wrote on 2014-03-15:

rhythmbox-plugins.install.patch Edit (463 bytes, text/plain)

I've added a patch file to this bug report that resolves this issue - it is indeed a packaging issue. Hope this helps.

This applies to the debian/rhythmbox-plugins.install file in the rhythmbox package

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fossfreedom (fossfreedom) wrote on 2014-03-15:

control.in.patch Edit (371 bytes, text/plain)

also added is a patch to ensure that rhythmbox-plugins is made a dependency. It always has been in the past versions of ubuntu. It should also be moving forward since it is the default in Gnome and thus Ubuntu Gnome needs this fix.

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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote on 2014-03-15:

The attachment "rhythmbox-plugins.install.patch" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

[This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned by ~brian-murray, for any issues please contact him.]

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added: patch

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Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) wrote on 2014-03-22:

#10

It renders essential features or functionality of the package (or a dependent one) broken.

Changed in rhythmbox (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Incomplete
importance:	Undecided → Low
importance:	Low → High

Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) on 2014-03-22

Changed in rhythmbox (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Confirmed
Changed in hundredpapercuts:
status:	New → Confirmed
importance:	Undecided → High

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Benjamin Bach (benjaoming) wrote on 2014-05-25:

#11

Patches look fine, any reason not to merge the first one? I guess it's debatable whether rhythmbox-plugins should be a dependency or a recommendation, but most definitely, the context panel is missing from rhythmbox-plugins.

On a related note, recent changes to trusty's rhythmbox include:

47. By Sebastien Bacher on 2014-03-20

    * debian/control.in:
      - restore the recommends on rhythmbox-plugins, that was dropped by
        error when merging on Debian. Without those integration to the sound
        indicator is not working (that needs the mpris plugin to be loaded)
        (lp: #1289024)

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Benjamin Bach (benjaoming) wrote on 2015-04-08:

#12

Confirming that these very simple patches do their job. The "rhythmbox-plugins_3.0.2-0ubuntu2_*" package is now correctly rebuild so that the context pane plugin is installed once again.

Patch #1 (rhythmbox-plugins.install)

I would definitely say that this should be added back in 14.04, it's a big miss IMO.

The Context Pane is also still missing in Vivid and Utopic.

Patch #2 (control.in)

We can perhaps do without.... While installing rhythmbox-plugins as a dependency is nice, it may be too nice as it makes it impossible to remove rhythmbox-plugins without also removing rhythmbox.

summary:

- no context pane plugin for trusty rhythmbox installation
+ No context pane plugin for rhythmbox installation (Trusty/Utopic/Vivid)