Bug#1034680: retroarch-assets: Missing icons (Favorites, and Netplay Rooms) for the default XMB theme, for Debian Stable (but solve in Testing, and Unstable)

Jonathan McDowell

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Apr 21, 2023, 1:10:04 PM4/21/23

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Control: forcemerge 926811 -1

On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 03:33:00PM +0200, David Hedlund wrote:
> Package: retroarch-assets
> Version: 1.3.6+git20160731+dfsg1-2
>
> Open the attached Debian_11_Stable.png screenshot. As you can see, these
> icons are missing:
>
...
>
> This issue has been fixed in:
>
> Debian 11 Testing (see attached screenshot)
> Package: retroarch
> Version: 1.14.0+dfsg-1
> Package: retroarch-assets
> Version: 1.7.6+git20221024+dfsg-2

Yes, that's expected. The retroarch-assets package in bullseye was
extremely dated and this has been corrected for bookworm.

J.

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David Hedlund

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Apr 21, 2023, 1:40:04 PM4/21/23

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On 2023-04-21 19:00, Jonathan McDowell wrote:

Control: forcemerge 926811 -1

On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 03:33:00PM +0200, David Hedlund wrote:

Package: retroarch-assets
Version: 1.3.6+git20160731+dfsg1-2

Open the attached Debian_11_Stable.png screenshot. As you can see, these
icons are missing:

...

This issue has been fixed in:

Debian 11 Testing (see attached screenshot)
Package: retroarch
Version: 1.14.0+dfsg-1
Package: retroarch-assets
Version: 1.7.6+git20221024+dfsg-2

Yes, that's expected. The retroarch-assets package in bullseye was
extremely dated and this has been corrected for bookworm.

J.

Thanks. This bug is marked as solved, why aren't these two PNG files going to be added to the stable retroarch-assets package?

Jonathan McDowell

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Apr 23, 2023, 7:10:04 AM4/23/23

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On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 07:37:44PM +0200, David Hedlund wrote:
> On 2023-04-21 19:00, Jonathan McDowell wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 03:33:00PM +0200, David Hedlund wrote:
> > > Package: retroarch-assets
> > > Version: 1.3.6+git20160731+dfsg1-2
> > >
> > > Open the attached Debian_11_Stable.png screenshot. As you can see, these
> > > icons are missing:
> > >
> > ...
> > > This issue has been fixed in:
> > >
> > > Debian 11 Testing (see attached screenshot)
> > > Package: retroarch
> > > Version: 1.14.0+dfsg-1
> > > Package: retroarch-assets
> > > Version: 1.7.6+git20221024+dfsg-2
> > Yes, that's expected. The retroarch-assets package in bullseye was
> > extremely dated and this has been corrected for bookworm.
> >

> Thanks. This bug is marked as solved, why aren't these two PNG files going
> to be added to the stable retroarch-assets package?

Debian generally doesn't update packages in the stable release unless
there's a security issue or a serious functionality issue. While it
might be a minor fix here it's also primarily a cosmetic issue.

J.

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David Hedlund

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Apr 23, 2023, 7:50:04 AM4/23/23

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Thanks. Personally, I think the lack of these icons in this stable package release make it look unstable, because it's on the main interface. Don't you agree?

Jonathan McDowell

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Apr 23, 2023, 12:50:05 PM4/23/23

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On Sun, Apr 23, 2023 at 01:39:51PM +0200, David Hedlund wrote:
> On 2023-04-23 13:04, Jonathan McDowell wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 07:37:44PM +0200, David Hedlund wrote:
> > > On 2023-04-21 19:00, Jonathan McDowell wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 03:33:00PM +0200, David Hedlund wrote:
> > > > > Package: retroarch-assets
> > > > > Version: 1.3.6+git20160731+dfsg1-2
> > > > >
> > > > > Open the attached Debian_11_Stable.png screenshot. As you can see, these
> > > > > icons are missing:
> > > > >
> > > > ...
> > > > > This issue has been fixed in:
> > > > >
> > > > > Debian 11 Testing (see attached screenshot)
> > > > > Package: retroarch
> > > > > Version: 1.14.0+dfsg-1
> > > > > Package: retroarch-assets
> > > > > Version: 1.7.6+git20221024+dfsg-2
> > > > Yes, that's expected. The retroarch-assets package in bullseye was
> > > > extremely dated and this has been corrected for bookworm.
> > > >
> > > Thanks. This bug is marked as solved, why aren't these two PNG files going
> > > to be added to the stable retroarch-assets package?
> > Debian generally doesn't update packages in the stable release unless
> > there's a security issue or a serious functionality issue. While it
> > might be a minor fix here it's also primarily a cosmetic issue.
> >

> Thanks. Personally, I think the lack of these icons in this stable package
> release make it look unstable, because it's on the main interface. Don't you
> agree?

I don't agree this is a critical enough bug to roll out to stable (bullseye),
even if we weren't so close to releasing bookworm. retroarch in bullseye
is not in great shape, but I believe I have resolved that for bookworm.

J.

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David Hedlund

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Apr 23, 2023, 7:00:03 PM4/23/23

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I respect your decision, J.

I filed this issue: https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/issues/15210 -- Should I close it or merge it to Debian?

I'll close it if the "Update Assets" entry has been removed from the retroarch package in Debian.

Jonathan McDowell

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Apr 24, 2023, 4:40:05 AM4/24/23

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On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 12:55:04AM +0200, David Hedlund wrote:
> I filed this issue: https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/issues/15210 --
> Should I close it or merge it to Debian?
>
> I'll close it if the "Update Assets" entry has been removed from the
> retroarch package in Debian.

Your report there appears to be about Ubuntu, and I can't comment on
what they do. The Debian package explicitly disables the "Update Assets"
option, because it doesn't make sense to allow a random program to
update something that's been installed from a .deb

J.

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