[Bug 283717] [NEW] Broken glRenderMode() (fixed in PyOpenGL 3.0.0b4)

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Binary package hint: python-opengl

There is a bug in PyOpenGL that causes a glRenderMode() call to fail on some systems. This bug appears to be fixed in python-opengl 3.0.0b4 as the following suggested change was made:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=498403

We are seeing a symptom of this in GNOME games where some systems crash when clicking on the 3D chess view: 
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=538252

We have modified Chess in 2.24.1 to catch this error and ignore the user
press to stop user data loss and bug reports being sent to GNOME. The
result is users with this problem will not be able to move pieces in the
3D view.

If Intrepid ships with the current version of python-opengl I would
expect a large number of users to be unable to access the 3D mode of
Chess in Ubuntu. I strongly recommend that you consider fixing this bug
before release.

** Affects: pyopengl (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed

** Affects: pyopengl (Debian)
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: New

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Broken glRenderMode() (fixed in PyOpenGL 3.0.0b4)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/283717
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