backport quantal ec2-api-tools to precise

[Paul Morahan]

12.04 uses ec2-api-tools 1.5.0.0
12.10 uses ec2-api-tools 1.6.1.1

AWS is deprecating the SOAP API, which is the only one that 1.5.0.0 supports (newer version not in backports either). 1.6.1.1 supports the use of the AWS Access/Secret keys, which is their way forward. Precise will be with us for a while, so it would be good to update these tools to suit.

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Deprecation notice seen in help text for ec2-create-snapshot v1.6.1.1:
     -K, --private-key KEY
          [DEPRECATED] Specify KEY ...

     -C, --cert CERT
          [DEPRECATED] Specify CERT ...

and AWS 'managing credentials' page http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/ManagingCredentials.html

[Yolanda Robla (yolanda.robla)]

upgrade-software-version

[Brian O'Rourke (bpo-t)]

The SOAP API used in this package was deprecated since 2014-02-1 and has been unsupported for new EC2 users since 2015-12-1. On 2016-06-30 all existing support for this API will cease (even for prior customers).

Is anyone working on backporting this? If not I will.