diff -u glipper-1.0/debian/changelog glipper-1.0/debian/changelog
--- glipper-1.0/debian/changelog
+++ glipper-1.0/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+glipper (1.0-1ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/patches
+   - Added 02_trans_icon.dpatch
+   - Allows glipper background to be transparent. (LP: #193256) 
+
+ -- Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (andrewsomething) <a.starr.b@gmail.com>  Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:27:14 -0400
+
 glipper (1.0-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release.
diff -u glipper-1.0/debian/patches/00list glipper-1.0/debian/patches/00list
--- glipper-1.0/debian/patches/00list
+++ glipper-1.0/debian/patches/00list
@@ -1,0 +2 @@
+02_trans_icon.dpatch
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- glipper-1.0.orig/debian/patches/02_trans_icon.dpatch
+++ glipper-1.0/debian/patches/02_trans_icon.dpatch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#! /bin/sh /usr/share/dpatch/dpatch-run
+## 02_trans_icon.dpatch from glipper bug tracker issue 1791900 
+##
+## DP: Give panel icon transparent background
+
+@DPATCH@
+
+diff -Nbur glipper-1.0.old/glipper/Applet.py glipper-1.0/glipper/Applet.py
+--- glipper-1.0.old/glipper/Applet.py	2007-08-07 12:16:14.000000000 +0200
++++ glipper-1.0/glipper/Applet.py	2007-09-10 20:41:45.000000000 +0200
+@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
+ class Applet(object):
+    def __init__(self, applet):
+       self.applet = applet
++      applet.set_background_widget(applet)
+       self.size = 24
+       self.menu = gtk.Menu()
+       self.tooltips = gtk.Tooltips()
+Files glipper-1.0.old/glipper/glipper.pyc and glipper-1.0/glipper/glipper.pyc differ