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

[Alexander]

Hi Łukasz, the development build being offered now suffers from one
critical bug with the potential to cause data loss. This particular
issue causes a racing / thread safety problem leading to a crash that
was introduced due to an oversight on my part when I migrated the code-
base to GTK3/Sourceview3/etc. It was reported here [1].

Due to the nature of the bug, it is difficult to reliably trigger. The
user who reported the bug mentions it could happen within 30 minutes of
normal gummi usage, or not happen at all after 10+ hours of working. I
was able to reliably trigger it within the hour by using a script that
simulated constant user input. The patch I wrote and included in 0.8.1
was verified to solve the problem using the same method.

[1] https://github.com/alexandervdm/gummi/issues/126



** Bug watch added: github.com/alexandervdm/gummi/issues #126
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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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