What you need to do is work out the package name of the version in jaunty.
I looked on packages.ubuntu.com and it ends with 0ubuntu6. This means that there is a maintainer in Ubuntu (and unusually not in Debian). it does seem that the fixed version is in karmic so we need to arrange a backport. What we don't need is a needs packaging bug, as they are for programs that don't exist in any version in the repositories. This is more of an update. Caroline Sent from a mobile device. On 4 Sep 2009, at 17:10, Patrick Goetz <pgo...@mail.utexas.edu> wrote: > We are currently using Jaunty 9.04 (64 and 32-bit) on our production > desktop systems. A few weeks ago a user asked me for a recommendation > for an easy to use html editor, and I suggested KompoZer. > (Suggestions? > I think I've tried most of them and found them lacking; the original > Netscape Composer, now found in SeaMonkey still seems to be the best > for > fast, simple editing of static HTML pages by naive users.) > > The version of KompoZer in 9.04 universe is 0.7.10. The user came > back > a few days later complaining about bugs. I didn't believe him until I > tried it myself. Sure enough, just hovering the mouse over certain > menu > items (e.g. file -> recent pages or formatting -> fonts) make the > program crash every time -- the editing window simply disappears. > Feel > free to try it yourself. > > It took exactly 15 seconds to confirm that this is a known bug (in > Intrepid!) and another 5 seconds to find out what it was. Tracking > down > the bug involves the following complicated steps: google for the work > "kompozer" and then click on the first link which appears, the > kompozer > project home page, where one finds the following text right in the > middle of the main page: > > "Linux users: KompoZer 0.7.10 is not compatible with GTK 2.14 and > higher, hence the crashes. Please have a look at KompoZer 0.8 alpha." > > Now, is it finally appropriate for me to say WTF? Is the package > maintainer for this package in a coma? It shouldn't take more than > one > use of the program to realize that there is a problem: if the mouse > pointer comes in contact with the test "recent pages" the program > crashes. Changing the font, a frequently invoked action, is > completely > impossible. > > Since we all care about linux/Ubuntu on this list, I presume that I > don't have to say that we simply can't afford to continue to have > these > kinds of embarrassing basic quality control issues. If a package > isn't > really being maintained, then it shouldn't appear in any of the main > repositories. What's the definition of "really being maintained"? > For > starters, trying to run the program at least one time with the new > distribution before publishing. > > > > > > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss