[Bug 1872667] Re: Upgrade gummi package to version 0.8.1

[Łukasz Zemczak]

Hello Alexander! As per what we discussed, removing it from focal might
be tricky at this moment. I think what needs to be done anyway is
backporting 0.8.1 to focal, which is something I can help with. One
thing that I need to know before we can proceed - for the SRU rationale
I need to know more about the 'critical bug' that you are referring to.
I know you have mentioned that this development build has multiple
issues, but for transparency and understanding of the rationale, we
would need to know what are the critical bugs about? Are those reported
anywhere? What would be the test case to validate that the critical bugs
are no longer present with the upgraded package?

Those are essential information. We know that you, as the software
maintainer, know best what versions should be used and which ones should
not. But as an open source community we need to know as much as
possible, especially when we're talking about stable Ubuntu series.

Thank you!

** Description changed:

+ [Impact]
+ 
+ The package in focal is based on an unofficial, not to be used in
+ production version of the package. Because of that it suffers from a
+ critical bug and multiple other issues. Backporting a single fix is not
+ feasible, as the synced version is in overall not in production-ready
+ state. The best option to proceed is to backport the whole version
+ before people actually lose their data by using the deprecated software.
+ 
+ [Test Case]
+ 
+ TODO
+ 
+ [Regression Potential]
+ 
+ TODO
+ 
+ [Original Description]
+ 
  Dear Maintainer,
  
  I am the upstream developer for gummi. After a long hiatus I have in
  recent months resumed development. Unfortunately the gummi package that
  was imported from Debian sid for this Ubuntu release is a development
  build that suffers from a critical bug.
  
  I hereby request to:
  
  1. Update the package to stable release 0.8.1 (see [2])
  2. Remove the package from ubuntu universe/tex
  
  Thanks in advance and with kind regards,
  
  alexandervdm
  
  [1] https://github.com/alexandervdm/gummi/issues/33
  [2] https://github.com/alexandervdm/gummi/releases/tag/0.8.1
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: gummi 0.7.999-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-18.22-generic 5.4.24
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-18-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu26
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CurrentDesktop: MATE
  Date: Tue Apr 14 10:54:35 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-02-24 (49 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Alpha amd64 (20200211)
  SourcePackage: gummi
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Title:
  Upgrade gummi package to version 0.8.1

Status in gummi package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed
Status in gummi source package in Focal:
  New
Status in gummi package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [Impact]

  The package in focal is based on an unofficial, not to be used in
  production version of the package. Because of that it suffers from a
  critical bug and multiple other issues. Backporting a single fix is
  not feasible, as the synced version is in overall not in production-
  ready state. The best option to proceed is to backport the whole
  version before people actually lose their data by using the deprecated
  software.

  [Test Case]

  TODO

  [Regression Potential]

  TODO

  [Original Description]

  Dear Maintainer,

  I am the upstream developer for gummi. After a long hiatus I have in
  recent months resumed development. Unfortunately the gummi package
  that was imported from Debian sid for this Ubuntu release is a
  development build that suffers from a critical bug.

  I hereby request to:

  1. Update the package to stable release 0.8.1 (see [2])
  2. Remove the package from ubuntu universe/tex

  Thanks in advance and with kind regards,

  alexandervdm

  [1] https://github.com/alexandervdm/gummi/issues/33
  [2] https://github.com/alexandervdm/gummi/releases/tag/0.8.1

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: gummi 0.7.999-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-18.22-generic 5.4.24
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-18-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu26
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CurrentDesktop: MATE
  Date: Tue Apr 14 10:54:35 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-02-24 (49 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Alpha amd64 (20200211)
  SourcePackage: gummi
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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