Import issue with namespace packages in pkg_resources

[Cas]

This bug was introduced by the distribute (0.6.16-1) update and breaks python namespace packages.

The fix to this was released in distribute 0.6.18 and the trivial patch is here: https://bitbucket.org/tarek/distribute/changeset/191f38f47256

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: python-pkg-resources 0.6.16-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-16.28-generic 3.0.17
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-16-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Feb 22 12:31:54 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: distribute
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Bobby R. Ward (bobbyrward)]

debdiff including the fix from upstream

Based this off of the version from here (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/distribute/+bug/910965). I'm not sure how that's supposed to work.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

Thanks!

ACK on the debdiff. I simply added a bug number reference to the changelog, and changed the pocket to oneiric-proposed.

Uploaded to -proposed to await processing by the SRU team.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

unsubscribing sponsors

[Jonathan Riddell (jr)]

waiting on approval from ubuntu-sru

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Hello Cas, or anyone else affected,

Accepted distribute into oneiric-proposed. The package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

The fix for the this bug has been awaiting testing feedback in the -proposed repository for oneiric for more than 90 days. Please test this fix and update the bug appropriately with the results. In the event that the fix for this bug is still not verified 15 days from now the package will be removed from the -proposed repository.

[Cas (calumlind)]

Sorry I no longer use Oneiric so I cannot verify, all I can say is that I know that the fix worked when I tested it originally.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

The version of distribute in oneiric-proposed has been removed as this bug report was not verified in a timely fashion.

[Cas (calumlind)]

You are kidding?

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

No. It's been sitting there for 9 months with no one testing to see if the bug was fixed. Quite reasonable.

[Cas (calumlind)]

The process clearly is not working when distribute has a patch applied in the first instance which turns out was bad and then the fix to correct that patch requires verification but 9 months later seemingly no-one other than myself can do that.

I also was honest about being unable to test on Oneiric however the diff and the fix I pointed to originally are identical (4 lines of python with an indentation issue) so I feel I should have just helped the process along and said it worked fine.

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

Am 01.12.2012 01:32, schrieb Cas:
> I also was honest about being unable to test on Oneiric however the diff
> and the fix I pointed to originally are identical (4 lines of python
> with an indentation issue) so I feel I should have just helped the
> process along and said it worked fine.

the process works fine. And I don't think you are telling the truth not being
able to test this. You should be able to set up an oneiric chroot, or an oneiric
virtual machine to test this. Yes, it does cost time, including for yourself.
Fine if you don't want to spend this time, but then please don't blame others
doing the same as you.

If you do have questions regarding the chroot approach, please see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebootstrapChroot

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

oneiric has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the oneiric task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".