Python2.7 transition and missing DialogAptKey in software-properties-gtk

[Stefano Rivera]

Binary package hint: gapti

gapti, as it currently stands in Ubuntu, hardcodes a Python version dependency on 2.6.

There is a new upstream version (which was targetted at jaunty in LP: #340901) which would help here (it improves the packaging a lot).

I've taken the liberty of improving it further (Use dh_python2, dh7 minimal rules), and have uploaded a proposed branch to lp:~stefanor/gapti/py27transition.

gapti (0.0.3ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  [ Savvas Radevic ]
  * Bug-fix release.
  * python 2.6 transition (LP: #340901)
    + debian/control: Build-Depends: python-dev, python-support
    + gapti-root: Fixed UpdateManager.SimpleGladeApp
    + Edited files directly, shebangs: #!/usr/bin/python
    + Modified files directly using: 2to3-2.6 -w *
    + Replaced commands.getoutput with subprocess.Popen().communicate()
    + Replaced lines with spaces (\s+) with empty lines
  * debian/control:
    + Standards-Version: 3.8.0 (No changes required)
    + debhelper (>= 7)
  * debian/rules: Removed sed command that changed shebangs

  [ Stefano Rivera ]
  * Python 2.7 transition: Remove python version restrictions.
  * Convert to dh_python2.
    - Install as a private module in /usr/share/gapti
  * Use minimal dh7 rules.
  * Use 3.0 (native) source format.
  * Bumped Standards-Version to 3.9.1:
    - Point to versioned common-licence (GPL-3).
  * debian/control:
    - Depend on software-properties-gtk.
    - Add Homepage.

However, it still doesn't work, as software-properties-gtk has had some API changes:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gapti", line 12, in <module>
    import utils
  File "/usr/share/gapti/gapti/utils.py", line 6, in <module>
    from softwareproperties.gtk.DialogAptKey import DialogAddKey as apt_key
ImportError: No module named DialogAptKey

So my proposed branch is incomplete, and further work is required, or gapti should be removed from Ubuntu.

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

Thanks for the patch, but.. if Jerome Haltom (user wasabi) agrees, I would like to remove gapti from the ubuntu packages. He is the upstream developer though, not me. :)

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

Comment #8: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gapti/+bug/340901/comments/8
"Hi. Sorry, haven't worked on this in ages. Actually wasn't aware people were using it. Really wanted to get back into it. You happen to clean it up?

I'll just add you to the launchpad group and you can commit it."

[Stefano Rivera (stefanor)]

Removal sounds like a good option

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

Stefano, I just opened a new bug to remove the package: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gapti/+bug/692010
Do you know the process? Who do I have to subscribe to the bug etc.?
Thanks once more for your help. :)

[Stefano Rivera (stefanor)]

> Do you know the process?

I'll sponsor it.

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

package removed in natty, see bug 692010