Activity log for bug #837507

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2011-08-30 16:11:06 Paul Sladen bug added bug
2011-08-30 16:11:06 Paul Sladen attachment added string-to-break-software-centre.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/837507/+attachment/2333988/+files/string-to-break-software-centre.txt
2011-08-30 16:12:26 Paul Sladen description 1. Paste a long string into the Software Centre search box, and keep pasting it. 2. Eventually 3. SC window resizes to 19122x951, with various bits of the window no longer drawing as expected. xwininfo: Window id: 0x2e00089 "Ubuntu Software Centre" Absolute upper-left X: 373 Absolute upper-left Y: 189 Relative upper-left X: 1 Relative upper-left Y: 29 Width: 19122 Height: 951 Depth: 24 Visual: 0x21 Visual Class: TrueColor Border width: 0 Class: InputOutput Colormap: 0x20 (installed) Bit Gravity State: NorthWestGravity Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity Backing Store State: NotUseful Save Under State: no Map State: IsViewable Override Redirect State: no Corners: +373+189 --18095+189 --18095--90 +373--90 -geometry 19122x951+372--91 String used (happened to be in clipboard) should be attached, as it doesn't fit here when trying to file the bug report on Launchpad, but given the suspicous length of 65536 bytes, it's likely that any string will do.   1. Paste a long string into the Software Centre search box, and keep pasting it.   2. Eventually   3. SC window resizes to 19122x951, with various bits of the window no longer drawing as expected. xwininfo: Window id: 0x2e00089 "Ubuntu Software Centre"   Absolute upper-left X: 373   Absolute upper-left Y: 189   Relative upper-left X: 1   Relative upper-left Y: 29   Width: 19122   Height: 951   Depth: 24   Visual: 0x21   Visual Class: TrueColor   Border width: 0   Class: InputOutput   Colormap: 0x20 (installed)   Bit Gravity State: NorthWestGravity   Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity   Backing Store State: NotUseful   Save Under State: no   Map State: IsViewable   Override Redirect State: no   Corners: +373+189 --18095+189 --18095--90 +373--90   -geometry 19122x951+372--91 String used (happened to be in clipboard) should be attached, as it doesn't fit here when trying to file the bug report on Launchpad, but given the suspicous length of 65536 bytes, it's likely that any string will do. Ideally, Software Centre should not resize its window in response to unrelated input.
2011-10-14 13:41:41 Launchpad Janitor software-center (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2012-05-20 15:21:18 Robert Roth software-center (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Medium
2012-05-20 15:21:20 Robert Roth software-center (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Triaged
2012-05-20 15:25:37 Robert Roth bug added subscriber Robert Roth