---------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2006-323
2006-04-17
---------------------------------------------------------------------Product     : Fedora Core 5
Name        : metacity
Version     : 2.14.3                      
Release     : 1.fc5.1                  
Summary     : Metacity window manager
Description :

Metacity is a simple window manager that integrates nicely with
GNOME 2.

---------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information:

This update may address several crashes dealing with
decorationless windows.

See,

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi
and
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi

for more information. 

Additionally, it updates the package to the latest
stable upstream version, 2.14.2:

Thanks to Thomas Thurman, Paolo Borelli, Björn Lindqvist, and
Elijah Newren for fixes in this release.

 - Fix constraints bug causing negative width windows and
crashes
   (Elijah) [#336651]
 - Fix window grouping with parent/child windows (Björn)
[#336184]
 - use g_str_has_prefix instead of a local copy of the function
   (Paolo) [#334643]
 - Make sure pager can refresh when window is minimized on a
different
   workspace (Thomas) [#315142]
 - Add debugging information for edge resistance (Elijah)

Translations

  Vladimir Petkov (bg), tangi.bzh (br), Jordi Mallach (ca),
Miloslav
  Trmac (cs), Rhys Jones (cy), Lasse Bang Mikkelsen (da), Frank
  Arnold (de), Mindu Dorji (dz), Kostas Papadimas (el),
Francisco
  Javier F. Serrador (es), Ivar Smolin (et), Iñaki Larrañaga 
  Murgoitio (eu), Elnaz Sarbar (fa), Ilkka Tuohela (fi),
  Ignacio Casal Quinteiro (gl), Ankit Patel (gu), Rajesh
Ranjan (hi)
  Gabor Kelemen (hu), Luca Ferretti (it), Satoru SATOH (ja),
Vladimer
  Sichinava (ka), Žygimantas BeruÄ?ka (lt), Kjartan Maraas
(nb),
  Tino Meinen (nl), Kjartan Maraas (no), Gora Mohanty (or),
Gnome PL
  Team (pl), Evandro Fernandes Giovanini (pt_BR), Duarte
Loreto (pt),
  Mugurel Tudor (ro), Leonid Kanter (ru), Laurent Dhima (sq),

Fedora Core 5 Update: metacity-2.14.3-1.fc5.1

April 17, 2006
Updated package.

Summary

Metacity is a simple window manager that integrates nicely with

GNOME 2.

This update may address several crashes dealing with

decorationless windows.

See,

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi

and

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi

for more information.

Additionally, it updates the package to the latest

stable upstream version, 2.14.2:

Thanks to Thomas Thurman, Paolo Borelli, Björn Lindqvist, and

Elijah Newren for fixes in this release.

- Fix constraints bug causing negative width windows and

crashes

(Elijah) [#336651]

- Fix window grouping with parent/child windows (Björn)

[#336184]

- use g_str_has_prefix instead of a local copy of the function

(Paolo) [#334643]

- Make sure pager can refresh when window is minimized on a

different

workspace (Thomas) [#315142]

- Add debugging information for edge resistance (Elijah)

Translations

Vladimir Petkov (bg), tangi.bzh (br), Jordi Mallach (ca),

Miloslav

Trmac (cs), Rhys Jones (cy), Lasse Bang Mikkelsen (da), Frank

Arnold (de), Mindu Dorji (dz), Kostas Papadimas (el),

Francisco

Javier F. Serrador (es), Ivar Smolin (et), Iñaki Larrañaga

Murgoitio (eu), Elnaz Sarbar (fa), Ilkka Tuohela (fi),

Ignacio Casal Quinteiro (gl), Ankit Patel (gu), Rajesh

Ranjan (hi)

Gabor Kelemen (hu), Luca Ferretti (it), Satoru SATOH (ja),

Vladimer

Sichinava (ka), Žygimantas BeruÄ?ka (lt), Kjartan Maraas

(nb),

Tino Meinen (nl), Kjartan Maraas (no), Gora Mohanty (or),

Gnome PL

Team (pl), Evandro Fernandes Giovanini (pt_BR), Duarte

Loreto (pt),

Mugurel Tudor (ro), Leonid Kanter (ru), Laurent Dhima (sq),

Change Log

References

Update Instructions

Severity
Name : metacity
Version : 2.14.3
Release : 1.fc5.1
Summary : Metacity window manager

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