Is it at all possible for this specific patch to get into Jessie on top of 3.12? I'm sure you'll agree it's an extremely minor change.
I think I set the priority too low on this bug, because it seriously impacts the usability of meld in Jessie. Unfortunately, a lot of real code also ends up with a mix of tabs and spaces (and for comment-formatting, it isn't uncommon either.) Most code-bases I work with use 4-space width tabs, this can make some code unreadable. Of course, I can always apply the patch locally, but it seems a shame to have this feature broken for the many people who will use Jessie. On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 5:51 PM, Debian Bug Tracking System < [email protected]> wrote: > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > which was filed against the meld package: > > #780326: meld does not properly handle changing the tab-width property in > preferences->editor->tab-width > > It has been closed by Balint Reczey <[email protected]>. > > Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. > If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a > better one in a separate message then please contact Balint Reczey < > [email protected]> by > replying to this email. > > > -- > 780326: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=780326 > Debian Bug Tracking System > Contact [email protected] with problems > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Balint Reczey <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: > Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 21:49:23 +0000 > Subject: Bug#780326: fixed in meld 3.12.3-1 > Source: meld > Source-Version: 3.12.3-1 > > We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of > meld, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive. > > A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is > attached. > > Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you > have further comments please address them to [email protected], > and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. > > Debian distribution maintenance software > pp. > Balint Reczey <[email protected]> (supplier of updated meld package) > > (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you > believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive > administrators by mailing [email protected]) > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Format: 1.8 > Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 18:45:16 +0100 > Source: meld > Binary: meld > Architecture: source all > Version: 3.12.3-1 > Distribution: unstable > Urgency: medium > Maintainer: Balint Reczey <[email protected]> > Changed-By: Balint Reczey <[email protected]> > Description: > meld - graphical tool to diff and merge files > Closes: 773839 780326 > Changes: > meld (3.12.3-1) unstable; urgency=medium > . > * New upstream release 3.12.2 > - Fixes: > * Fix display of change action buttons and line numbers when line > numbers are shown (Kai Willadsen) > * Fix positioning of the change action buttons (Kai Willadsen) > * Fix tab width setting not working correctly (Kai Willadsen) > (Closes: #780326) > * Fix starting comparison of Subversion checkouts from a subdirector > (Kai Willadsen) > * Fix starting Meld from a differently-named symlink (Kai Willadsen) > * Ignore errors when copying file metadata if the destination file > system doesn't support it (Kai Willadsen) > * Automatically recompile stale in-place gschemas (Kai Willadsen) > * Handle SIGINT to support previous quit-on-Ctrl-C behaviour > (Kai Willadsen) > - 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