Doug I already commented on that issue in the Bug 607796 and as it turns out there was problems with merging of branches. This resulted in one line diff to not go in to trunk, thus the DnD not working.
You could see all that by looking at the last three comments in Bug 607796. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1327624 Title: Launcher, Window management - Dragging and holding a selection over an entry in the Launcher produces unexpected results Status in Unity: New Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: according to Bug 607796 (fix released) this should initiate a spread. Test case: Open 3 nautilus windows Grab a folder from one, drag & hover over Files launcher icon What happens: either nothing or goes to some weird sort of semi-spread If nothing then repeat a few times In the case of later while hovering you'll notice a slight change in at least 1 nautilus window, the shadow will increase Return dragged file to orig folder & windows are in some strange state, see screen for the look ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: compiz 1:0.9.11+14.10.20140606-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.15.0-5.10-generic 3.15.0-rc8 Uname: Linux 3.15.0-5-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.14.3-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sat Jun 7 17:47:24 2014 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: utopic DistroVariant: ubuntu GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0416] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3801] NVIDIA Corporation GK107M [GeForce GT 755M] [10de:0fcd] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3801] InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-28 (10 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20140520) MachineType: LENOVO 20217 PackageArchitecture: all ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.15.0-5-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=a6d824a1-9cb2-4aad-9241-7b563a3dbdd0 ro quiet splash SourcePackage: compiz UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 09/18/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 74CN44WW(V3.05) dmi.board.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.board.name: VIQY0Y1 dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: 31900058STD dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Lenovo IdeaPad Y510P dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr74CN44WW(V3.05):bd09/18/2013:svnLENOVO:pn20217:pvrLenovoIdeaPadY510P:rvnLENOVO:rnVIQY0Y1:rvr31900058STD:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrLenovoIdeaPadY510P: dmi.product.name: 20217 dmi.product.version: Lenovo IdeaPad Y510P dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11+14.10.20140606-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.54-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu5 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2 xserver.bootTime: Sat Jun 7 17:41:22 2014 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) NOUVEAU(G0): [XvMC] Failed to initialize extension. xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: product id 729 vendor LGD xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu5 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/1327624/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp