[Bug 1231252] Re: Please merge darktable 1.2.3-1 from Debian testing

[Jason Gerard DeRose]

Thanks, Scott! Not sure if I needed to do a merge proposal still, but here it is:
https://code.launchpad.net/~jderose/ubuntu/saucy/darktable/merge-1.2.3/+merge/187668

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Title:
  Please merge darktable 1.2.3-1 from Debian testing

Status in “darktable” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Currently on Saucy, darktable 1.2.2-2ubuntu1 crashes[1] any time I try
  to export Canon RAW photos.

  Although  I haven't yet tracked down the cause of this crash, I do
  know that merging darktable 1.2.3-1 from Debian testing (or unstable,
  same version) fixes it. So I think I can make a pretty strong case for
  why this should get a Feature Freeze Exception:

   * Even if this crash[1] only effects Canon users, it means darktable
  in Saucy is completely useless for Canon users (who probably make up
  the largest group of RAW photo users on Ubuntu); it's likely this
  crash also effects Nikon users, etc, although I haven't confirmed that
  yet

   * The upstream darktable 1.2.3 release[2] seems like a low-risk
  release focused on stability and security fixes, and additional
  hardware support

   * System76 recently did some marketing around darktable[3], so it
  would make us look a bit silly if this photography workflow wasn't
  actually possible on Ubuntu 13.10 (a regression)

   * There's no short way to present the evidence for this, but Ubuntu
  is well positioned at an opportune time to pick up pro-creative users
  from some "other platform", so let's please always put our best foot
  forward :)

  Note that when I encountered this crash, my first thought was an ABI
  change in some dependency, but alas, a rebuild didn't fix it.

  [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/darktable/+bug/1228197
  [2] http://www.darktable.org/2013/09/released-darktable-1-2-3
  [3] https://plus.google.com/u/0/104919222657565747428/posts/1mAhuRAZM9S

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: darktable 1.2.2-2ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-8.15-generic 3.11.1
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-8-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.4-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Sep 25 21:44:24 2013
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: darktable
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-08-30 (26 days ago)

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