Comment 3 for bug 1530233

Puppet 3 will also go end of life from upstream during the support cycle of
16.04, if that helps inform any decisions.
On Jan 20, 2016 08:25, "Robie Basak" <email address hidden> wrote:

> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better.
>
> It looks like there are major changes involved in packaging puppet 4,
> which makes me think that this is unlikely to happen in time for
> Xenial's release.
>
> In Debian, Stig has invited volunteers with Java packaging experience to
> help.
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - puppet outdated
> + Please update to puppet major version 4
>
> ** Changed in: puppet (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Triaged
>
> ** Changed in: puppet (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
>
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> Title:
> Please update to puppet major version 4
>
> Status in puppet package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
> Status in puppet package in Debian:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Hi,
>
> the current alpha of xenial 16.04 still comes with a puppet 3.8.4,
> but the current version of puppet is 4.3. Since 16.04 is supposed to
> be a LTS release, would be good to have a recent major version.
>
> regards
> Hadmut
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