Le lun. 28 juil. 2025 à 12:01, Simon McVittie <[email protected]> a écrit :

> Package: release.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
> Control: affects -1 + src:polari
> User: [email protected]
> Usertags: unblock
>
> Please consider unblocking package polari.
>
> [ Reason ]
> Backport an upstream patch fixing ability to join a channel: #1095989
> (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/polari/-/issues/232 upstream)
>
> [ Impact ]
> If not fixed, the UI becomes unresponsive when joining a channel.
>
> [ Tests ]
> I haven't tested this (I don't use this IRC client myself) but
> presumably the uploader, Jérémy Lal, did. (Jérémy, please could you
> follow up here with details of tests you did?)
>

Yes, I can reproduce the bug, and once the patch is applied,
the bug goes away (adding a channel no longer freezes the UI).

I think it is safe to unblock.


>
> [ Risks ]
> Not a key package, but it used to be pulled in by GNOME metapackages
> (before 2020) and might still be present on older installations.
>
> The impact/visibility of the issue fixed here suggests that few developers
> are using this package regularly. But the fix is simple and
> narrowly-targeted (a 1-line change backported from upstream, explicitly
> closing a dialog instead of trying to trigger its destructor
> prematurely) so it seems low-risk; it's hard to see how it could cause a
> regression worse than the issue it's fixing.
>
> [ Checklist ]
>   [x] all changes are documented in the d/changelog
>   [x] I reviewed all changes and I approve them
>   [x] attach debdiff against the package in testing
>
> unblock polari/46.0-5
>

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