Bug#776696: please update GTK+3 in Jessie to the latest 3.14.x bugfix release

[Mert Dirik]

On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 11:37 PM, Ruben Undheim <ruben.undheim at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks Mert.
>
> Then, we've tested all of them.
>
> My test results:
>
> #787419: OK
> reproduced the same way you did
> fixed with patched version
>
> #748469: OK
> reproduced multiple times by opening font chooser in gnome-terminal -
> selecting one font - and searching for another
> fixed with patched version
>
> #773135: OK
> I did what you described here. First installed emacs, then chose "Open
> with" in nautilus.
> Big icon with original version. Normal icon size with patched version
>
> #771205: Fail
> Not able to reproduce - nor see the fixed result
>
> #788002: OK
> I downloaded the MP3 file that was linked to in the original bug
> report. I removed the newlines from the comment field with easytag on
> a system with a newer version of gtk, and then opened it with Jessie's
> gtk. easytag crashed
> After installing patched version - problem gone.
>
>
> I agree with you, I remove #771205 for now. I will file a
> release.debian.org bug report and see what response we get.
>
> It would however be nice if someone from the pkg-gnome team could give
> us some feedback. Based on the response from Andreas H. [1], I assume
> that it is ok that we contact the Stable release team. It seems like
> we care more about these things being fixed in Jessie than the
> maintainer team, so it is probably fair that we do that job.
>
>
> [1] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-gnome-maintainers/2015-August/121106.html
>

Okay, that's great.
I think it should be OK as long as we explain why *we* open the bug
report and provide a link to the Andreas' mail. After getting and ACK
we should ask for either sponsorship or a new upload by the
maintainers themselves.