software-center depends on python-debtagshw, which is not built anymore
Bug #1616379 reported by
Matthias Klose
This bug affects 2 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| software-center (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
High
|
Ubuntu Desktop | ||
Bug Description
in yakkety, software-center depends on python-debtagshw, which is not built anymore in yakkety-proposed. Please drop this dependency.
Or can software-center be removed altogether?
| Changed in software-center (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Ubuntu Desktop (ubuntu-desktop) |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| milestone: | none → ubuntu-16.09 |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| tags: | added: ftbfs |
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| Jeremy Bícha (jbicha) wrote | #1 |
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Some people prefer software-center because it displays all packages, graphical or not. We could point them to gnome-packagekit but gpk doesn't do as much as software-center does.
Another reason I think people use software-center is because gnome-software is a bit buggy. I think switching gnome-software from aptdaemon to PackageKit (I presume for 17.04) will help here.
If we try to remove aptdaemon at the beginning of the 17.04 cycle, that gives 6 months for someone to step up to port software-center to PackageKit. If no one does, it provides reasonable justification for why software-center isn't available for install.