<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">Status Report for Packaging elementary Software, Week 9<br><br>Due to the (ongoing) absence of upstream stable releases I'm continuing to make preliminary packaging based on bzr snapshots.<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I have created preliminary packaging for Gala, the window manager, which can be found at:<br><a href="https://code.launchpad.net/~pantheon-debian/pantheon-debian/gala">https://code.launchpad.net/~pantheon-debian/pantheon-debian/gala</a><br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Unfortunately I cannot finalize it yet because upstream expects an ABI break prior to release and perhaps exposing the private shared library as public afterwards. It also build-depends on libplank-dev package provided by plank source package that I've uploaded earlier and that's yet to pass the NEW queue, so getting Gala into the repos may take a while.<br>
<br>I have also created preliminary packaging for Pantheon Files, the file
manager. An upstream release is imminent, but I'm negotiating some
last-minute changes to the plugin API and an update of CMake modules used upstream. It also depends on a package that I've uploaded earlier and that has not yet left the NEW queue - libunity.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
Speaking of libunity, turns out that the latest stable release uses a deprecated series of libgee, 1.0, while all elementary applications use the newer (sic!) 0.8 series. The two cannot be combined in one binary without major hacks, so I have prepared a Debian-level patch to convert it to gee 0.8. See <a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=755054">https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=755054</a> for more information.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>As for the elementary icon theme mentioned in the previous report, I got involved upstream, as per usual for tricky projects. I took a long, hard look at it and identified a number of issues, namely:<br>
<a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/elementaryicons/+bug/1343208">https://bugs.launchpad.net/elementaryicons/+bug/1343208</a><br><a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/elementaryicons/+bug/1343213">https://bugs.launchpad.net/elementaryicons/+bug/1343213</a><br>
<a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/elementaryicons/+bug/1343223">https://bugs.launchpad.net/elementaryicons/+bug/1343223</a><br><a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/elementaryicons/+bug/1343240">https://bugs.launchpad.net/elementaryicons/+bug/1343240</a><br>
<a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/elementaryicons/+bug/1343246">https://bugs.launchpad.net/elementaryicons/+bug/1343246</a><br><a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/elementaryicons/+bug/1343252">https://bugs.launchpad.net/elementaryicons/+bug/1343252</a><br>
<a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/elementaryicons/+bug/1343287">https://bugs.launchpad.net/elementaryicons/+bug/1343287</a><br><a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/elementaryicons/+bug/1343680">https://bugs.launchpad.net/elementaryicons/+bug/1343680</a><br>
<a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/elementaryicons/+bug/1345103">https://bugs.launchpad.net/elementaryicons/+bug/1345103</a><br><a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/elementaryicons/+bug/500408">https://bugs.launchpad.net/elementaryicons/+bug/500408</a><br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra">I have proceeded to fix 5 of these issues, contributing an entirely new icon in 6 sizes in 3 cases. See individual bug reports and linked merge requests for more info.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br>Regards,<br>--<br>Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff<br>
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