[Bug 1323405] Re: [SRU] Please backport menulibre-2.0.4 to trusty

[Sean Davis]

** Branch linked: lp:~smd-seandavis/ubuntu/trusty/menulibre/bug-1323405

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Title:
  [SRU] Please backport menulibre-2.0.4 to trusty

Status in “menulibre” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “menulibre” source package in Trusty:
  New

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  The following bugs are fixed with MenuLibre 2.0.4.  The first three are critical to reliability since they make alacarte and menulibre no longer usable and may leave the user with a broken menu structure. The remaining fixes improve overall usability of the application.
  - Fixed preprocess_layout_info segfault (LP: #1307729)
  - Fixed corruption of xfce-applications.menu (LP: #1313276)
  - Fixed menu corruption when saving after search (LP: #1306999)
  - Allow moving launchers into empty categories (LP: #1318209)
  - Install menulibre icon to pixmaps (LP: #1307469)
  - Update launcher categories on move (LP: #1313586)
  - Fixed deleted launchers being replaced by others (LP: #1315890)
  - Uninstall launchers from custom categories (LP: #1318235)
  - Escape spaces in Exec after browsing (LP: #1214815)
  - Restore previous view after search (LP: #1307000)
  - Enable X-Xfce-Toplevel category in Xfce (LP: #1309468)
  - Do not add X-Xfce-Toplevel to new directories (LP: #1315874)
  - Allow saving when entries are modified (LP: #1315878)
  - Add xdg-utils to depends, hard dependency (LP: #1307481)

  [Test Case]
  This bug appears after multiple launchers have been moved using menulibre.  The edits must be made in unique menulibre instances (close and open menulibre).  The issue arises as a result of unique directories being written to the menu file twice.  Once this happens, menulibre and alacarte are no longer usable.

  [Regression Potential]
  The risk for regression is exceptionally low.  The bugs fixed in this release were tested and verified by multiple affected users.

  [Other Info]
  Unfortunately, there is no way to reverse the damage done by version 2.0.3 (outside of editing the menu file by hand and removing duplicate entries).  Affected users will have to remove their xfce-/gnome-applications.menu and start fresh.

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