FS#23324 - [rxvt-unicode] contains rejected by upstream patch

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Greg (dolby) - Friday, 18 March 2011, 12:18 GMT
Last edited by Angel Velasquez (angvp) - Wednesday, 18 May 2011, 04:54 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Tobias Kieslich (tobias)
Angel Velasquez (angvp)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

The rxvt-unicode package in the Arch Linux is built using a patch rejected by upstream, actually marked as an X server bug http://lists.schmorp.de/pipermail/rxvt-unicode/2009q3/001055.html

Considering Arch's policy of not shipping unmodified software, i would like to request removing the popup-menu-hang.diff from the build in the binary repositories.
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Closed by  Angel Velasquez (angvp)
Wednesday, 18 May 2011, 04:54 GMT
Reason for closing:  Implemented
Additional comments about closing:  Patch removed on 9.11-2
Comment by Greg (dolby) - Friday, 18 March 2011, 12:22 GMT
Also: http://lists.schmorp.de/pipermail/rxvt-unicode/2009q3/001045.html rxvt-unicode maintainers initial reply to the patch.
Comment by Greg (dolby) - Friday, 18 March 2011, 16:21 GMT
FWIW i opened this report because as the urxvt maintainer says in the above link, the bug is not in urxvt but in the X server.
But despite the fact that all distributions patch urxvt for it, there is no indication, at least no evidence i could find,
that it has been reported to the xorg developers.
I have also contacted the author of the patch about it because in http://lists.schmorp.de/pipermail/rxvt-unicode/2009q3/001056.html he says he's "waiting for an answer from the Xorg guys".
His reply was that he doesnt remember off-hand where or if he indeed reported this issue upstream.
If noone bothers to report it upstream, the way i see it, there is nothing to fix.
Comment by Greg (dolby) - Saturday, 19 March 2011, 02:15 GMT
http://lists.schmorp.de/pipermail/rxvt-unicode/2011q1/001384.html

Now, if only someone could test a non patched urxvt..
Comment by Rémy Oudompheng (remyoudompheng) - Tuesday, 26 April 2011, 20:40 GMT
Why don't you test it yourself and report the results to us?
Comment by Greg (dolby) - Tuesday, 26 April 2011, 20:58 GMT
Because i dont use that urxvt feature and don't use Arch's urxvt package.
The patch shouldn't have been applied to urxvt in the first place, despite the developers "blessing", he didnt apply it himself after all, especially since noone reported it against the application which actually had the bug.
Comment by Andrea Scarpino (BaSh) - Monday, 16 May 2011, 15:25 GMT
Tobias? Angel? The patch should be removed.

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