[xubuntu-users] Mouse pointer Was: Package Testing - Xenial Xerus

[flocculant at gmx.co.uk]

On 13/01/16 03:35, blind Pete wrote:
> flocculant at gmx.co.uk wrote:
>
>> Now that the xmas break is all but a memory, time to reboot some testing
>> - we're now just 12 weeks away from the Release Candidate [1]
>>
>> If you've been using the Xenial version at all, but haven't yet checked
>> out the tracker [2] please do so.
>>
>> If you've found issues but haven't yet reported them please do so - and
>> consider reporting it on the tracker as well - I get e-mails when a bug
>> is reported on the tracker - I read them.
> Something interesting; after setting the mouse pointer to RedGlass
> size 48 things were not as pretty as expected.  Google suggests that
> the problem is long standing.
>
> The pointer changes as it moves over different windows: RedGlass,
> standard, RedGlass, standard, etc.
>
> Behavior improves after logging out and in again, but not when
> rebooting and auto logging in.  So, the configuration is not written
> immediately or it is not read until LightDM is run.  Worse, some
> (misbehaving?) applications will still use the system settings rather
> than the user settings after logging out and in again.
>
> Options include;
> 1) badger every application writer to do the right thing
>     (doomed to fail),
> 2) open a password dialogue box and change the system settings
>     (a bit anti-social on a multi user system),
> 3) offer two choices - user or system.
>
> If option two or three is felt to be correct then it is an
> upstream XFCE bug, or if option one then there are a whole
> lot of bugs.
>
> Does this deserve a bug report or a feature request on launchpad,
> tracker, or at XFCE?
Looks like a bug to me - package is xcursor-themes afaik.


>> If you're wondering what all the fuss is about - in April we're going to
>> release a version we have to support for 3 years, finding things now
>> makes life easier for others ;)
>>
>> I'll take this opportunity to advertise the new contributor docs [3] as
>> well - we're obviously more concerned with the middle chapters here ...
>>
>> Last advertisement in this mail for the IRC session we're hoping to run
>> shortly given sufficient interest [4]
>>
>> thanks all
>>
>> [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseSchedule
>> [2]
>>
> http://packages.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/350/builds/105268/testcases
>> [3] http://docs.xubuntu.org/contributors/
>> [4] http://doodle.com/poll/2h6dfni5gybedvf6b7wq6arn/admin#table