[focal] graphite-web not compatible with python3.8

[Trent Lloyd]

graphite-web fails on focal with python3.8 (the default) due to the following error:

File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/graphite/render/urls.py", line 16, in <module>
  from . import views
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/graphite/render/views.py", line 23, in <module>
  from cgi import parse_qs
ImportError: cannot import name 'parse_qs' from 'cgi' (/usr/lib/python3.8/cgi.py)

The following upstream PR fixes the issue by using six.moves for this, and also makes 1 other change for Python3.8:
https://github.com/graphite-project/graphite-web/commit/117b04df26d83c57d3d5f25fb7457572d3fe90bd

This PR is in the upstream release 1.1.6 however Debian sid/experimental and thus focal is stuck on 1.1.4

The reproduction setup is using apache2 with libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 - there appears to be no easy way to request mod-wsgi load python3.7 instead so this seems critical.

[Hontvári József Levente (hontvari)]

After upgrading to focal, graphite no longer works.

[Oleg (oleg-lzh)]

i found a similar problem and solution
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-oauth/+bug/1883875/comments/8

[Oleg (oleg-lzh)]

i changed the line in file /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/graphite/render/views.py:
from cgi import parse_qs
to:
from urllib.parse import parse_qs

and graphite-web worked

[Kodiak Firesmith (kodiakf)]

Perhaps this could be rebased on the working 1.16, and they could fix the broken manpage details all at once. (graphite-manage syncdb vs graphite-manage migrate...)

[Efthymios (efthymiosc)]

same problem, Oleg's solution editing views.py worked, thanks.

[Malte Schmidt (maltris)]

Affected, too. When can we expect the patch?

[Wyllys Ingersoll (wyllys66)]

Same here - why is this still not fixed?

[Claudio Th. (kaskothy)]

Bug still there.
When cann I expect a fix?

using workaround as discribed by Oleg (oleg-lzh) wrote on 2020-10-06:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/graphite-web/+bug/1863697/comments/3

[Malte Schmidt (maltris)]

This is funny, two years, no fix, but switching to 22.04 will solve it anyway. Small single-line patch...

[Clemens Drüe (druee)]

Not funny. Sad.

On 29.08.22 14:57, Malte Schmidt wrote:
> This is funny, two years, no fix, but switching to 22.04 will solve it
> anyway. Small single-line patch...
>

[niol (alexandre-rossi)]

Fixed in 1.1.8-1