Feature Freeze exception request
Bug #531518 reported by
Michael Vogt
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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apport (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Martin Pitt | ||
Lucid |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Martin Pitt | ||
python-apt (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Michael Vogt | ||
Lucid |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Michael Vogt |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: python-apt
Please allow a feature freeze exception for python-apt. Debian is going to include 0.7.93.4 in squeeze. It contains a newer API but is 100% backward compatible. The code is available in debian since some time and stable there.
The benefit for us is that on the next LTS we can work with the new (nicer) API and do not need to maintain both old and new API when we do a lucid->lts+1 upgrade.
Please let me know if you need more, a debdiff, diffstat etc.
Thanks,
Michael
Changed in python-apt (Ubuntu): | |
milestone: | none → ubuntu-10.04-beta-1 |
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I just want to add that I introduced the new API in python-apt 0.7.92 in Debian experimental in August 2009. The code is in unstable since Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:06:20 +0100 and is now stable. Another side benefit of this version is that we now free the objects we create; which was not possible in the past due to some mistakes with regards to the C++ templates used in the code (LP: #370149).