trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apiclient/__init__.py', which is also in package python-googleapi 1.2-2

[Gordon McIntosh]

E: /var/cache/apt/archives/python-maas-client_1.5+bzr2252-0ubuntu1_all.deb: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apiclient/__init__.py', which is also in package python-googleapi 1.2-2

[Greg Lutostanski (lutostag)]

Looks like both packages want to call themselves "apiclient". Upstream googleapi has changed packagename to "googleapiclient" so as to avoid confusion, but have not had a new release since that change.

In my estimation both packages probably need to have their python package names changed especially since there is an separate apiclient project already registered on pypi (though it looks to be abandoned -- no changes in 3 years -- and not packaged for distros).

[Greg Lutostanski (lutostag)]

Original bug which has resolution of namespaced python packages for maas is https://bugs.launchpad.net/maas/+bug/1053507

[Julian Edwards (julian-edwards)]

On 13/05/14 08:00, Greg Lutostanski wrote:
> Original bug which has resolution of namespaced python packages for maas
> is https://bugs.launchpad.net/maas/+bug/1053507

It will be quite difficult to change all of the maas namespace because
of Django, but I think apiclient was an easier one as it's not a Django
project.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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