Update to nautilus 3.8

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

- Nautilus supports a --select commandline option to select a given URI (this sounds like something the Unity files lens needs for its Right click >Show in Folder option)

FYI, nautilus-file-lens does not need that, since the same thing can actually be done by launching nautilus /path/to/any/file_to_select and that's already done in trunk.

One of the main benefits of a newer nautilus would be the reactivation of recursive file search, which is broken in 3.6 and is a kind of regression compared to older Ubuntu versions. In short this regression would not be very user friendly.

How is the status on this request ? Is there a chance to see nautilus 3.7 in Raring without PPAs ?

> How is the status on this request ? Is there a chance to see nautilus 3.7 in Raring without PPAs ?

not really, the new GTK still has regressions and didn't made it to raring, it's a bit late at this point to get those fixed, land it and get proper testing/fixing of new issues before release. (the new GTK is needed by the new nautilus).

Even if we get GTK in we would need to update/rewrite some of our nautilus patches, test the new version, ask for a feature freeze exception, land it and deal with new bugs it will bring ...

it's wiser to wait next cycle at this point

Ok, I tried that today and ran into bug #1159430 ... I added a comment there. I'm going to have a look at reverting the background changes for the first upload and at getting the template working before upload

This bug was fixed in the package nautilus - 1:3.8.2-0ubuntu1

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nautilus (1:3.8.2-0ubuntu1) saucy; urgency=low

  [ Sebastien Bacher ]
  * Bring the 3.8 update work from the gnome3 ppa to the distribution vcs
  * debian/patches/16_unity_new_documents.patch:
    - updated to work on 3.8 (by adding a revert of the commit that broke it)
  * debian/patches/ubuntu_revert_no_wallpaper.patch:
    - revert upstream changes to use a rgba desktop view, until the other
      components are ready for that change, see lp #1159430 for details
  * debian/patches/ubuntu_sync_background_to_accountsservice.patch:
    - restore that dropped patch since we keep display the wallpaper there

  [ Iain Lane ]
  * debian/patches/disconnect-extra-location-widgets.patch:
    - updated for the new nautilus codebase

  [ Jeremy Bicha ]
  * New upstream release (LP: #1130746)
    - Share the show-hidden-files setting with the GTK file chooser
      (LP: #1039014)
    - Limit folder size and content count to a single filesystem (LP: #585472)
  * debian/nautilus.install:
    - Shell search provider doesn't need a separate library any more
  * Drop git patches
  * Refreshed patches

  [ Robert Ancell ]
  * debian/control:
    - Bump build-depends on libglib2.0-dev

  [ Rico Tzschichholz ]
  * New upstream release
  * debian/control:
    - Bump build-depends on libgtk-3-dev (>= 3.7.7)
  * debian/patches:
    - 09_no-initial-fade.patch:
    - 10_sync_background_to_accountsservice.patch:
      + Dropped, Nautilus doesn't draw the background itself any more
  * Refreshed patches

  [ Tim Lunn ]
  * Add build-dep on gsettings-desktop-schemas

  [ Marco Trevisan (Treviño) ]
  * debian/patches:
    - 19_unity_open_location_xid.patch: updated to apply properly
 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Fri, 21 Jun 2013 17:10:06 +0200