add unity --distro switch

Bug Description

Binary package hint: unity

As there is no easy way to get ride of compiz install unity directory in /usr/local when doing local build, doing an unity --distro to first clean all those local installation to switch back to a clean package is the best thing to do.

On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Didier Roche <email address hidden> wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: unity
>
> As there is no easy way to get ride of compiz install unity directory in
> /usr/local when doing local build, doing an unity --distro to first
> clean all those local installation to switch back to a clean package is
> the best thing to do.

I think a better name would be unity --factory-reset

>
> ** Affects: unity
> Importance: Wishlist
> Assignee: Didier Roche (didrocks)
> Status: Triaged
>
> ** Affects: unity (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Wishlist
> Status: Triaged
>
> ** Also affects: unity
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
> ** Changed in: unity
> Status: New => Triaged
>
> ** Changed in: unity
> Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
>
> ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Triaged
>
> ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
>
> ** Changed in: unity
> Milestone: None => 3.4.2
>
> ** Changed in: unity
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Didier Roche (didrocks)
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/715703
>
> Title:
> add unity --distro switch
>
> Status in Unity:
> Triaged
> Status in "unity" package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: unity
>
> As there is no easy way to get ride of compiz install unity directory
> in /usr/local when doing local build, doing an unity --distro to first
> clean all those local installation to switch back to a clean package
> is the best thing to do.
>
>
>

--
Sam Spilsbury

it doesn't reset the plugin setting, hence the choice of the name to avoid "reset" and confusion

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 3.4.2-0ubuntu1

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unity (3.4.2-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

* New upstream release:
- add --distro switch to remove local installation of unity with default
options (LP: #715703)
- global search and speedups in places
- Using fade effect to cut the window Title when it's longer than the panel
(LP: #694924)
- Launcher - Add ability for apps to indicate progress through Launcher icon
(LP: #676596)
- calling unity should kill unity-panel-service (LP: #711289)
- unity places should return a default icon when no matching icon is found
(LP: #711200)
- the launcher should start hidding when an icon is clicked (LP: #709178)
- Highlight drag-friendly Launcher tiles when dragging a file (LP: #607782)
- Fix migrate_favorites.py crashed with OSError in get_log_file(): [Errno 2]
No such file or directory: '/home/ubuntu/.local/share/unity' (LP: #711964)
- places should support wrong Icon= format (with extensions) (LP: #711189)
- unity crashed with AttributeError in reset_unity_compiz_profile():
'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_default_value' (LP: #711105)
- unity crashed with GError in reset_unity_compiz_profile() (LP: #710876)
- Middle click on application icon should open a new window (LP: #709707)
- Launcher - Add interaction to support dragging and dropping behind the
launcher (LP: #702482)
- Launcher - Enable dragging and dropping of files & folders to Launcher
icons (LP: #676549)
- Launcher - Add number notifier to Launcher icons (LP: #676455)
- Support dragging files to trash to delete them (LP: #619686)
- [launcher] Indicator-only applications showing as open applications
(LP: #703396)
- Unity does not accept mouse clicks (LP: #683328)
- dash is empty (LP: #710792)
* debian/control:
- depends on latest nux
-- Didier Roche <email address hidden> 2011年2月10日 20:45:47 +0100