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IMPACT
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meld 3.18.3 is a bug-fix release, which fixed annoying bugs since 3.18.0. I 
believe it's good to have it in 18.04 LTS. It also fixes bug #1768369.

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/meld/blob/meld-3-18/NEWS

2018-11-16 meld 3.18.3
======================

  Features:

   * Add simple zip-based Windows build output to pipeline (Vasily
Galkin)

  Fixes:

   * Improve Windows logging behaviour (Vasily Galkin)
   * Fix initial focus pane for two-pane comparison (Kai Willadsen)
   * Remove encoding fallback check that caused surrogate issues (Kai Willadsen)
   * Fix display of file encoding errors in folder comparison (Kai Willadsen)
   * Fix Git unpushed commit check for ambiguous filenames (Kai Willadsen)
   * Fix local install on Mint (Kai Willadsen)

   * Bugs fixed: #205, #225, #233, #235, #239

  Translations:

   * Daniel Mustieles (es)


2018-06-19 meld 3.18.2
======================

  Fixes:

   * Fix help launching on Windows (Vasily Galkin)
   * Fix Windows compatibility issue with multiprocessing (Vasily Galkin)
   * Fix incorrect state handling during tab close (Kai Willadsen)
   * Fix commit action on a folder not working in git (Kai Willadsen)

   * Bugs fixed: #196, #197


2018-04-29 meld 3.18.1
======================

  Features:

   * Support for automated Windows builds using Appveyor (Vasily Galkin)
   * The Find bar now hides when pressing Escape (Vladimir Panteleev)

  Fixes:

   * Several Windows fixes for cx_Freeze compatibility (Vasily Galkin)
   * Fix slow startup on Windows due to FontConfig (Vasily Galkin)
   * Translation and help fixes (Piotr Drąg)
   * Hide our progress spinner on Windows for responsiveness (Kai Willadsen)
   * Handle subprocess termination better in file comparisons (Kai Willadsen)
   * Fix committing selected files only in Mercurial (Kai Willadsen)
   * Fix Bazaar version control backend (Kai Willadsen)

   * Bugs fixed: #133, 785313, 788487, 790335

  Translations:

   * Anders Jonsson (sv)
   * Ask Hjorth Larsen (da)
   * Marek Černocký (cs)
   * Mario Blättermann (de)
   * Piotr Drąg (pl)


TEST CASE
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Install meld from bionic-proposed and make sure that it's working well.


REGRESSION POTENTIAL
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The fixes themselves are small, so I believe the regression potential is low.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: meld 3.18.0-6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-15.16~18.04.1-generic 4.18.20
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Mar  3 14:05:45 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-11-29 (93 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: meld
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: meld (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic

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