python-twill missing a dependency

[morgajel]

Binary package hint: python-twill

python twill is dependent on python-setuptools, which is not listed as a dependency:

Without python-setuptools, you see the following:

zeeble:~$ twill-sh
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/twill-sh", line 5, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
ImportError: No module named pkg_resources

Installing it resolves the error

TEST CASE:
1) Install python-twill
2) Launch twill-sh
3) Above traceback is showed

ASPECTED RESULT:
$ twill-sh

 -= Welcome to twill! =-

[Andrea Colangelo (warp10)]

Thank you for your bug report.
Confirming this bug under Gutsy.

[Daniel Schwitzgebel (schwitzd)]

Confirmed on hardy

[Daniel Schwitzgebel (schwitzd)]

The bugfix for hardy

[Daniel Schwitzgebel (schwitzd)]

Little corrections

[Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz)]

Uploaded. Please, report your changes back to Debian.
Also, you may want to test if Gutsy is affected too and eventually prepare a debdiff for gutsy-proposed.

[Daniel Schwitzgebel (schwitzd)]

twill (0.9~b1-1ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low

  * debian/control and control.in:
    - Add depends python-setuptools (LP: #176435)
    - Ubuntu maintainer switch
    - Switch to new Homepage field

 -- Daniel Schwitzgebel <email address hidden> Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:47:17 +0100

[Daniel Schwitzgebel (schwitzd)]

This is for gutsy-proposed

[John Dong (jdong)]

Hi Daniel,

Thanks for your work on this bug. I have reviewed your debdiff for gutsy-proposed and it looks good. Please edit the description of this bug report with the information and format described in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates, section 1. "Propose".

[Michele Angrisano (darksun88-deactivatedaccount)]

In new version of Debian, the 0.9~b1-2 version, this dependency seems to be unless.
Here is the entry:

* Drop useless dependency on python-setuptools, use distutils instead.
     + Add debian/patches/03_no_setuptools.patch.

I believe that's a sync.

[Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz)]

I think implementing distutils is not appropriate in this SRU proposal, since it will introduce additional complexity and there is a higher risk of introducing regressions than simply add a dependency. In Hardy, it seems it can be synced, though.

[Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz)]

Uploaded to gutsy-proposed, now waiting for an archive-admin to accept it.

[Jonathan Riddell (jr)]

Accepted into gutsy-proposed, please test.

[Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz)]

GUTSY VERIFICATION

Using version 0.9~b1-1:
# twill-sh
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/twill-sh", line 5, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
ImportError: No module named pkg_resources
#

Using version 0.9~b1-1ubuntu0.1:
# twill-sh

 -= Welcome to twill! =-

current page: *empty page*
>>

Package works as expected.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Copied to gutsy-updates.