Re: New Bug - libwnck Isn't The Problem

Abrolag wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 00:23:10 +0100
> Tony Houghton<[email protected]>  wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 18 Sep 2010 22:21:54 +0100
>> Mark Williams<[email protected]>  wrote:
>>
>>> It's definitely python-wnck. Tasklist depends on lib-wnck and that runs
>>> fine. Tasktray depends on python-wnck and that generates the windows
>>> state error message.
>>
>> The problem was that the GObject type used for some constants didn't
>> match the type the python bindings thought they should be. The bug was
>> in libwnck, not in python-wnck, because the python bindings were right
>> about what the type should be and libwnck had it wrong, but to C
>> programs it didn't matter which type was used.
>>
>> If you patched python-wnck and started using a newer, fixed libwnck,
>> that would create the problem in reverse but with identical symptoms. I
>> think libwnck 2.30.0 was the release that fixed it, so if you're using
>> that or newer make sure your python bindings are up to date and *not*
>> patched.
>
> This problem seems to be finally cured with the latest updates for debian
> squeeze.
>
Sadly, for me, I'm using Ubuntu.

I don't think that's based on Squeeze.


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