[needs-packaging] GooBook version 3.5 backporting required (SRU request)

[Darren Davison]

Goobook (https://gitlab.com/goobook/goobook) is a package that makes contact data from a google account available on the command line. It has no other purpose or features and is typically used in MUAs such as Mutt.

[Impact]

 * The current version of goobook (3.4.1) in focal and groovy no longer works and has
   not worked for several weeks. This is because the method it uses to authenticate to
   Google has been deprecated by them in favour of an alternative OAuth approach. See
   https://gitlab.com/goobook/goobook/-/issues/87

 * Justification for backporting the fix to the stable release is that all versions
   of goobook prior to 3.5 are now completely unusable.

[Test Case]

 * apt install goobook && goobook authenticate

[Regression Potential]

 * This package is currently not working at all due to the actions of a third party
   (Google). This change will make it work again in the way that it is designed to.

[Other Info]

 * Goobook is a trivial package that exists to serve a single purpose. It is presently
   completely unusable and will remain so until an upstream version of 3.5 or higher is
   packaged and included in the repositories.

 * The source tarball can be obtained upstream at:
   https://gitlab.com/goobook/goobook/-/archive/3.5/goobook-3.5.tar.gz

Thank you.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

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This bug is tagged needs-packaging which identifies it as a request for a new package in Ubuntu. As a part of the managing needs-packaging bug reports specification, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Specs/NeedsPackagingBugs, all needs-packaging bug reports have Wishlist importance. Subsequently, I'm setting this bug's status to Wishlist.

[Darren Davison (darren-davisononline)]

This is not really a "Wish list" item, it's a package with completely broken functionality in the current release. I removed the tag.