Please add special rule for kdegames-card-data split

[Scott Kitterman]

Binary package hint: update-manager

During Natty development, kdegames-card-data-extra was split (so that at least one game could be put on the CD) and all but one card deck put in kdegames-card-data-extra. As a result, upgraders that had installed it before lose almost all of their card decks. I ran into this and thought initially I had a problem.

I think it would be good if update-manager could check if kdegames-card-data is installed and if kdegames-card-data-extra is available and if so, install kdegames-card-data-extra as part of the upgrade. kdegames-card-data was not included in the default install previously so any upgrader with it installed did it (probably as a card game dependency) and so it would be a regression for them to lose almost all their card decks.

[RedSingularity (redsingularity)]

I am not completely sure therefore I wont move it, but wouldn't this bug be better off in that games package? It doesn't seem like its update-managers fault is all i am saying. I would think its the game packages job to keep track of users data.

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

Don't move it. It's not update-manager's "fault". I'm asking for update-
manager to put a special update rule in place for this case. That's one of
the things it does.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package update-manager - 1:0.147.1

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update-manager (1:0.147.1) natty; urgency=low

  * UpdateManager/backend/InstallBackendAptdaemon.py:
    - use pkgsystem_unlock, improve exception handling, add test
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeQuirks.py:
    - add quirks handler for maverick->natty upgrade for the
      kdegames-card-data case (LP: #745396)
  * tests/test_quirks.py:
    - add test for LP: #745396
  * UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py, do-release-upgrade:
    - point to http://www.ubuntu.com/releaseendoflife when the release
      is end-of-life message is displayed (LP: #671016)
  * DistUpgrade/EOLReleaseAnnouncement:
    - improve wording, this is displayed if the user is trying to upgrade
      from a unsupported version of Ubuntu to a already unsupported
      version. This now links to http://www.ubuntu.com/releaseendoflife
      (LP: #671016)
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:31:50 +0200