[SRU/edgy] python Xlib missing from path of python2.4

[Lionel Le Folgoc]

Binary package hint: python-xlib

(This may be related to Bug #75539)

Python-xlib modules seem not to be compiled for python2.4, even if it is the default python version on edgy.

$ python
Python 2.4.4c1 (#2, Oct 11 2006, 21:51:02)
[GCC 4.1.2 20060928 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.1-13ubuntu5)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import Xlib
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
ImportError: No module named Xlib
>>>

$ python2.5
Python 2.5 (r25:51908, Oct 6 2006, 15:22:41)
[GCC 4.1.2 20060928 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.1-13ubuntu4)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import Xlib
>>>

The egg-info file is only installed into /usr/lib/python-support/python-xlib/python2.5/python_xlib-0.12-py2.5.egg-info, and not python2.4.
This bug is fixed in feisty (maybe a bug of python-support on edgy?): it is installed to a standard python-support directory /usr/share/python-support/python-xlib/python_xlib.egg-info

The proposed debdiff moves this file to this directory, and it seems to work, since building pypanel using it produces a "full" package (which contains pypanel binary)

[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

I'll provide further informations if needed (build log, correct debian/changelog), but since the motu-src process is changing, I don't know what is still needed.

[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

> since the motu-src process is changing
it was of course "motu-sru"

[StefanPotyra (sistpoty)]

Lionel, thanks for your work.
Can you subscribe ubuntu-universe-sponsors (same for bug #89573, once it needs an upload) and/or ping a MOTU to sponsor you? (whoever will sponsor you, should also make sure that everything is ok and eventually will ask for futher information).

Thanks,
     Stefan.

[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

Uploaded to edgy-proposed, waiting for approval. If ACK'd, I'll also update a new revision of pypanel to fix Bug #89573.

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Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 17:17:41 +0200
Source: python-xlib
Binary: python-xlib python-xlib-doc
Architecture: source
Version: 0.12-5.1build1.1~prop1
Distribution: edgy-proposed
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Martin v. Loewis <[e-mail]>
Changed-By: Lionel Le Folgoc <email address hidden>
Description:
 python-xlib - Interface for Python to the X11 Protocol (dummy package)
 python-xlib-doc - Documentation for the Python interface to the X11 Protocol
Launchpad-Bugs-Fixed: 90522
Changes:
 python-xlib (0.12-5.1build1.1~prop1) edgy-proposed; urgency=low
 .
   * debian/rules: move egg-info to shared python-support directory to add Xlib
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[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

I reviewed the uploaded patch:

 - Version number must become -5.1ubuntu0.1, since it introduces Ubuntu changes
 - I don't understand why it is necessary to manually move files around. dh_pysupport should take care of that, so I suspect there is rather a packaging error (not following the python policy)? The Feisty package already seems to have this fixed, so please use that approach.

[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

Hi Martin,

 - Ok, for the version number, I've changed it in last upload
 - I have already "backported" feisty changes (it was only removing dh_python, debian/pycompat and XB-Python-Version), and it still doesn't work. python-support might lack a feature in edgy; otherwise, I don't see where the problem can be.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Accepted into edgy-updates. This looks *very* suspicious, though, please get it tested properly.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Nobody tested the -proposed upload and gave feedback here for more than half a year, and I guess nobody cares about edgy universe any more, so I removed the edgy-proposed package.