update notifier message too long on display

Bug #871691 reported by Antti Kaijanmäki
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update-notifier (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Oneiric
Fix Released
Medium
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Precise
Fix Released
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Antti Kaijanmäki (kaijanmaki) wrote :
Changed in update-notifier (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Robert Roth (evfool)
Changed in update-notifier (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
Michael Vogt (mvo)
Changed in update-notifier (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → In Progress
importance: Low → Medium
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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

I have a fix for this in trunk now, it uses pango to word break if the string is overly long. I would appreciate feedback from e.g. right-to-left users, but I assume this is fine with pango too.

Changed in update-notifier (Ubuntu Oneiric):
milestone: none → oneiric-updates
Changed in update-notifier (Ubuntu Precise):
status: New → Fix Committed
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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :
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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

I just got confirmation from #ubuntu-il that the line breaks are done correctly in the screenshot.

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Please test proposed package

Hello Antti, or anyone else affected,

Accepted update-notifier into oneiric-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

Changed in update-notifier (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
tags: added: verification-needed
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Gabor Kelemen (kelemeng) wrote :

Version 0.117ubuntu3.1 works fine for me.

tags: added: verification-done
removed: verification-needed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package update-notifier - 0.117ubuntu3.1

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update-notifier (0.117ubuntu3.1) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low

  * src/trayappletui.c:
    - fix overlong menu entries (LP: #871691)
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:27:26 +0200

Changed in update-notifier (Ubuntu Precise):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Changed in update-notifier (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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