HI all,

On  So 28 Mai 2017 17:12:05 CEST, Philipp Pilhofer wrote:

> Am 28.05.2017 um 16:59 schrieb Vlad Orlov:
>> Reassigning the bug to metapackage since fixing it requires upgrading
>> of both mate-desktop (to 1.16.2) and Caja (to 1.16.3). Also merged all
>> the duplicate reports since they're all about the same regression.
>>
>
> Yes, an upgrade would be most appreciated (also see #861031), as it  
> is really awful to ship a DE
> with obvious bugs like this one ...
>
>
> Cheers,
> Philipp

Thanks for your patience all. I have just filed the according unblock  
requests.

However, I had been in contact with the release team for previous  
unblocks on IRC-only and at some stage, there was an objection to  
upload new upstream releases. Cherry-picking patches from upstream  
targetting the fix of specific issues was suggested instead for caja  
and mate-desktop. This, to my PoV does not make sense in this specific  
case, as the MATE upstream team already does specific cherry-picking  
and the patches are a bit all-over-the code.

See #863791 and #863792 for the status of the ongoing unblock request process.

light+love
Mike
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