Bug#1051373: libglib2.0-0: 2.77.3-1 breaks Midnight Commander extension file

[Jeremy Bícha]

On Fri, Sep 8, 2023 at 11:48 AM Simon McVittie <smcv at debian.org> wrote:
> GLib 2.77.3 made the error behaviour of g_key_file_get_string()
> more conventional, triggering this regression. GLib 2.78.0 reverts
> that change (see https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/3094,
> https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/3095) and that
> version will be uploaded to Debian unstable soon; but the change
> is likely to be reinstated in a future version of GLib (see
> https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/3098).

Once the known broken apps (mc and notmuch) are fixed, I think we'd
want to land that change in Unstable sooner similar to what I did with
glib 2.76.4-4 (shortlived because of the Debian Freeze but it was
there longer for Ubuntu 23.10). Optimistically, that could help
identify other broken apps and get them fixed before this lands in
"stable" Linux distros.

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha