3.19.x on xenial - out of date Ephy/Webkit and touchpad settings b0rked

[Tim]

On 03/03/16 12:36, Michael Gratton wrote:
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> Hey Tim,
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> On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 6:07 PM, Tim <darkxst at fastmail.fm> wrote:
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>>>  The only packages available for Epiphany/WebKitGTK are out of date - 2.18.x/2.10.x, and these seem to have theme issues - certain in-page text
>>>  and button labels are not being rendered correctly, so they are not visible at all. This makes it pretty unusable. I'm attempting at the
>>>  moment to build a deb of webkitgtk-2.11.91 so I can build Ephy 3.19.x, to see if that fixes the problems.
>> If you can get working builds, send me debdiffs of the updates and I can sponsor uploads to the ppa for you ;)
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> I built WebkitGTK okay and it seems to resolve the in-page problems, my packages are currently a bit of a kludge though. I'd be happy to send
> debdiffs if I can clean them up - is there a good guide for updating upstream versions for packages maintained in DVCS repos?
There is no real guide toward the actual vcs part of packaging, since there is no real standard here, some teams use svn, others git or bzr and
some none at all.

We are migrating to packaging branches on git for ubuntu-gnome[1], however not all packages are there yet. They are setup using
git-buildpackage. At some stage I need to document this (or find someone to help document it!)

A typical non-vcs workflow which would be far more common particularly in the PPA world, and is also fine for submitting fixes to the regular
archive also:
pull-lp-source <package>
grab upstream source and update debian package to new upstream see: uscan/uupdate
apply required changes to debian/ files and document them in the changelog
build + test
debdiff new.dsc ubuntu.dsc | filterdeb -i "*/debian/*" > your.debdiff



[1] https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-gnome/ubuntu/
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>>>  Also, the touchpad settings in gnome-control-centre are being completely ignored. None of the UI elements relating to the touchpad seem to
>>>  have any effect on my Macbook Pro's built-in touchpad, nor my external Apple Bluetooth touchpad. Natural scrolling is not getting enabled when
>>>  it set to On, Tap-to-click is not enabled when set or On, and disabling  the touchpad by setting it to Off does not work either. I don't know
>>>  if this is related to the UI refresh or something else, any suggestions?
>> I don't have a macbook, but I will take a quick look at this on my laptop and see if its the same, when I get a chance.
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> That would be great, ta!
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> //Mike
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