[BPO] nala/0.11.1 and socksio/1.0.0-2 from Kinetic Kudu

[Joakim Malmquist]

[Impact]

Nala is a new frontend to apt. Some, but not all, of the features are to automatically find the fastest mirror, and to download files in parallel. This improves install/upgrade times compared to apt.

There is a build-depend on python3-socksio, which is a new package as well, so this request also includes a proposed backport of socksio.

[Scope]

From Kinetic Kudu:

* nala 0.11.1
* socksio 1.0.0-2

Want to backport to Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish (jammy-backports)

[Other Info]

The nala binary recommends python3-socksio. Except for that, there are no reverse dependencies (of course, since the packages don't exist in jammy-release).

Gitlab page: https://gitlab.com/volian/nala .

[Joakim Malmquist (anthr)]

I have tested Gunnar Hjalmarssons PPA for Nala, and successfuly installed it.
Nala seems to work fine in Ubuntu 22.04.

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

Uploaded nala and socksio to the jammy unapproved queue for backports.

@Backporters team: nala build-depends on python3-socksio. I suppose that means that you — provided that you approve this request, of course — should approve socksio first, and approve nala only when socksio has been published in jammy-backports.

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

On 2022-08-18 23:05, Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote:
> Uploaded nala and socksio to the jammy unapproved queue for backports.

Well, actually they landed in the new queue, so I suppose that some archive admin needs to approve them there first.

[Thomas Ward (teward)]

socksio has been accepted but I can also accept nala as well, if it FTBFS we'll just rerun the build.

[Thomas Ward (teward)]

(Backports pocket is a little bit different than AA "NEW" queue)

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

On 2022-08-19 01:05, Thomas Ward wrote:
> I can also accept nala as well, if it FTBFS we'll just rerun the
> build.

Yeah, that's what I did in PPA.

Thanks!

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

Btw, now the python3-socksio binary is in the new queue. :) But I suppose you can handle that as well then.

[Thomas Ward (teward)]

Both are in the process of working. socksio is in backports and published. nala is pending publication in backports.

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

Also nala is published in jammy-backports now. Thanks again!