Bug#556393: gedit: fails to start

Moritz Muehlenhoff jmm at inutil.org
Thu Jul 29 00:56:27 UTC 2010


reassign 556393 release-notes
severirty 556393 normal
retitle 556393 Document the need of a restart of GNOME session during update
thanks

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 09:17:42AM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le mardi 27 juillet 2010 à 14:48 -0400, Moritz Muehlenhoff a écrit :
> > > Known issue, solved by restarting your session.
> > 
> > This bug has been merged a few times. 
> > 
> > Should this be "fixed" by adding a note into the Squeeze release notes
> > or do you expect a technical fix?
> 
> A technical fix is theoretically possible but it requires deep D-Bus
> knowledge and time, two things that are hard to find together.
> 
> A mention in the release notes would be fine IMO.
> 
> > For a Lenny->Squeeze update the system will need to be rebooted anyway
> > to take advantage of the new kernel, so this doesn't appear RC to me.
> 
> Yes, it is quite annoying, but it looks less problematic than other
> upgrade issues.
> 
> Should I reassign to release-notes?

Doing so. I'll also prepare a proposed text for the release notes.

Cheers,
        Moritz






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