[Bug 1607937] Re: font viewer starred from dash: Unknown option --gapplication-service

[Mathew Hodson]

** Changed in: gnome-font-viewer (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

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Title:
  font viewer starred from dash: Unknown option --gapplication-service

Status in Gnome Font Viewer:
  Fix Released
Status in gnome-font-viewer package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in gnome-font-viewer source package in Xenial:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  [Impact]

  While gnome-font-viewer can be started from command line, it fails to
  start via the .desktop file. As can be seen in comment #3, it seems to
  be related to DBus somehow.

  The problem is not present in version 3.20.2-1 in yakkety. Probably it
  was fixed via this commit:

  https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-font-viewer/commit/?id=acf919c

  The NEWS in 3.20.0 and 3.20.2 can be found here:

  https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-font-viewer/tree/NEWS

  Considering that other upstream changes seem to consist of a few minor
  bug fixes and translation updates, 3.20.2-1 might be considered a
  suitable microrelease to be backported. Consequently the proposal is
  to backport the yakkety version as an SRU. It's built in this PPA:

  https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj/+archive/ubuntu/font-viewer

  and there are no runtime dependency blockers.

  [Test Case]

  Try to start gnome-font-viewer from the Dash and find that the launch
  fails.

  After having installed the proposed upload, starting the application
  from the Dash works fine.

  [Regression Potential]

  gnome-font-viewer is an independent tool, which doesn't affect other
  parts of the system. Hence the regression risk should be low.

  [Original description]

  Ubuntu 16.04.1 Fully updated.

  $ gnome-font-viewer  --version
  GNOME Font Viewer 3.16.2

  - starting from command-line: no problems.
  - starting from dash: application is shown in launcher but kills itself.
  - /var/log/syslog shows ...

     Jul 29 22:18:08 schijfwereld org.gnome.font-viewer[3361]: Unknown option --gapplication-service
     Jul 29 22:18:08 schijfwereld org.gnome.font-viewer[3361]: Run '/usr/bin/gnome-font-viewer --help' to see a full list of available command line options.

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