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ubuntume-gdm-themes package

Fix *-gdm-theme packages to work with the new GDM (xsplash themes)

Bug #442408 reported by soc
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This bug affects 4 people
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Baltix
New
Undecided
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blubuntu-look (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned
Declined for Karmic by Andrew Starr-Bochicchio
edgy-gdm-themes (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned
Declined for Karmic by Andrew Starr-Bochicchio
feisty-gdm-themes (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned
Declined for Karmic by Andrew Starr-Bochicchio
gdm-themes (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned
Declined for Karmic by Andrew Starr-Bochicchio
mythbuntu-gdm-theme (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned
Declined for Karmic by Andrew Starr-Bochicchio
peace-look (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned
Declined for Karmic by Andrew Starr-Bochicchio
sabily-gdm-themes (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned
Declined for Karmic by Andrew Starr-Bochicchio
tropic-look (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned
Declined for Karmic by Andrew Starr-Bochicchio
ubuntu-gdm-themes (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Declined for Karmic by Andrew Starr-Bochicchio
ubuntume-gdm-themes (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Declined for Karmic by Andrew Starr-Bochicchio
ubuntustudio-look (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Declined for Karmic by Andrew Starr-Bochicchio

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gdm

There are currently several packages with gdm-themes in the karmic repository, which don't work anymore with the new gdm in karmic.

Solutions:
a) Update the package so that it works with the new GDM
b) Depend on gdm-2.20
c) Remove the package

Offending packages:

blubuntu-gdm-theme
edgy-gdm-theme
feisty-gdm-theme
gdm-themes
peace-gdm-theme
sabily-gdm-theme
tropic-gdm-theme
ubuntu-gdm-themes
ubuntume-gdm-theme

Thanks.

See original description
soc (simon-ochsenreither)
description: updated
description: updated
Revision history for this message
Philip Muškovac (yofel) wrote :

And from the #ubuntu+1 discussion:
Make them depend on gdm-2.20, since they only work with that version of gdm

Changed in gdm (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
soc (simon-ochsenreither) wrote :

Thanks Philip.
Ok, sounds good.

Additionally I would suggest adding a small note to the description which mentions that:
a) these themes are for an old version of gdm
b) don't work with the newer gdm and
c) the new gdm has no theming options at the moment (so that people can stop searching for them),
so that at least those who read them see that this is probably not what they want.

Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
affects: gdm (Ubuntu) → ubuntu
Luke Faraone (lfaraone)
affects: ubuntu → blubuntu-look (Ubuntu)
Revision history for this message
Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote :

Um. Did you actually verify these are ALL broke?

I can guarantee you mythbuntu-gdm-theme works properly with the new GDM.

Changed in blubuntu-look (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
status: Invalid → New
Changed in mythbuntu-gdm-theme (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
Revision history for this message
Luke Yelavich (themuso) wrote : Re: [Bug 442408] Re: Remove all *-gdm-theme packages, they don't work anymore

While the ubuntustudio gdm theme currently is not usable with the new GDM, this will likely change for lucid, and the package will contain bits to work with the new gdm.

 affects ubuntu/ubuntustudio-look
 status invalid

Changed in ubuntustudio-look (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
Revision history for this message
soc (simon-ochsenreither) wrote : Re: Remove all *-gdm-theme packages, they don't work anymore

HI Luke,

then it would be wise to make the package depend on gdm-2.20 for Karmic and change it back, when the new GDM is supported again.

description: updated
summary: - Remove all *-gdm-theme packages, they don't work anymore
+ Fix dependencies of *-gdm-theme packages or remove them until they work
+ with the new GDM
Revision history for this message
soc (simon-ochsenreither) wrote : Re: Fix dependencies of *-gdm-theme packages or remove them until they work with the new GDM

Hi Mario,

sorry, you are right. mythbuntu-gdm-theme has a xsplash theme.

soc (simon-ochsenreither)
summary: - Fix dependencies of *-gdm-theme packages or remove them until they work
- with the new GDM
+ Fix dependencies of *-gdm-theme packages or remove the packages until
+ they work with the new GDM
Changed in ubuntu-gdm-themes (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
soc (simon-ochsenreither)
Changed in sabily-gdm-themes (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in tropic-look (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in edgy-gdm-themes (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in feisty-gdm-themes (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in blubuntu-look (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in ubuntume-gdm-themes (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in peace-look (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
summary: - Fix dependencies of *-gdm-theme packages or remove the packages until
- they work with the new GDM
+ Fix *-gdm-theme packages to work with the new GDM (xsplash themes)
description: updated
soc (simon-ochsenreither)
Changed in gdm-themes (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in ubuntustudio-look (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → Fix Released
status: Fix Released → Invalid
Changed in mythbuntu-gdm-theme (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → Fix Released
Mario Limonciello (superm1)
description: updated
Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (andrewsomething)
description: updated
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package blubuntu-look - 0.3-0ubuntu1

---------------
blubuntu-look (0.3-0ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low

  * New upstream release. (LP: #298946)
   - Drop depricated GDM theme. (LP: #442408)
   - Update theme to be based on new Human theme. (LP: #204389)
   - Use GNOME-Brave icons instead of Tango.
 -- Andrew Starr-Bochicchio <email address hidden> Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:06:52 -0500

Changed in blubuntu-look (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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