[ubuntu-mono] [Bug 1363589] Re: gnome-do help opens do.davebsd.com, redirects to spam site

[Timo Aaltonen]

Hello Michael, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gnome-do into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and
be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-
do/0.9-1ubuntu0.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this update
out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag
from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the
bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to
verification-failed.  In either case, details of your testing will help
us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance!

** Changed in: gnome-do (Ubuntu Trusty)
       Status: New => Fix Committed

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Title:
  gnome-do help opens do.davebsd.com, redirects to spam site

Status in Do:
  Fix Released
Status in gnome-do package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in gnome-do source package in Precise:
  New
Status in gnome-do source package in Trusty:
  Fix Committed
Status in gnome-do source package in Utopic:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [Impact]

  The plugin Help buttons and Do's About link go to do.davebsd.com,
  which has been acquired by a spam provider.

  This upload changes the About link to go to do.cooperteam.net (the
  current homepage), and points the plugin Help buttons at Launchpad.

  [Test Case]

  Start gnome-do; type ‘about do’ and hit <enter> to summon the About
  page. Click on the Homepage link, and verify that it goes to
  do.cooperteam.net.

  Summon gnome-do, type ‘preferences’ and hit <enter> to summon the
  preferences page. Go to the “Plugins” tab and select any plugin. Hit
  the “About” button, if enabled. This should not take you to
  do.davebsd.com (but might do nothing).

  [Regression Potential]

  This code is only used in the About page and plugin About links, so
  that's what should be checked. Regressions are unlikely, the most
  likely regression would be crashes when pressing the buttons.

  [Original report]

  When clicking on 'help' in the gnome-do preferences, the link opened
  is "do.davebsd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Using_Do", it redirects
  several times, opening various spammy sites (gambling, shopping, etc).

  The real problem isn't gnome-do per se, but rather that do.davebsd.com
  seems to have been co-opted.

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