winpdb 1.4.6 fails, needs upgrade to version 1.4.8

[Alex Wolfson]

Binary package hint: winpdb

natty currently has winpdb 1.4.6-2
the currently installed version 1.4.6 fails with any python script(even 2 lines) in natty

http://winpdb.org/ has
Winpdb 1.4.8 Tychod
Published on August 19, 2010. They specifically mention:
"This is a maintenance release that fixes compatibility issues with Python 2.7 and 3.x"
I tested this version and it works fine.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: winpdb (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Apr 14 16:41:22 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110413)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: winpdb
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Barry Warsaw (barry)]

Now that Natty has been released, we would need to go through the SRU process to get an upgrade into Natty. Is it worth it?

I'm not sure. I don't use winpdb and it doesn't have many rdepends:

% apt-cache rdepends winpdb
winpdb
Reverse Depends:
  spe
  quickly-ubuntu-template

I did notice that Debian sid still has winpdb 1.4.6 so it might be more fruitful to get the update into Debian so that it can be automatically sync'd into Oneiric. Bernd Zeimetz <email address hidden> is the Debian maintainer. I've subscribed him to this bug report and would like to get his input.

Unless I hear otherwise, I'm going to assume we don't need an SRU for Natty. Let me know if help is needed requesting an update for Debian.

[Bernd Zeimetz (bzed)]

Hi!

On 04/29/2011 05:18 PM, Barry Warsaw wrote:
> I did notice that Debian sid still has winpdb 1.4.6 so it might be more
> fruitful to get the update into Debian so that it can be automatically
> sync'd into Oneiric. Bernd Zeimetz <email address hidden> is the Debian
> maintainer. I've subscribed him to this bug report and would like to
> get his input.

Thanks for the ping. Unfortunately the download URL changed and upstream didn't
notify me (as he usually does), so I've missed 1.4.8. I'll upload it in a few
minutes.

Cheers,

Bernd

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[Bernd Zeimetz (bzed)]

Uploading to ftp-master (via ftp to ftp.upload.debian.org):
  Uploading winpdb_1.4.8-1.dsc: done.
  Uploading winpdb_1.4.8.orig.tar.gz: done.
  Uploading winpdb_1.4.8-1.diff.gz: done.
  Uploading winpdb_1.4.8-1_all.deb: done.
  Uploading winpdb_1.4.8-1_amd64.changes: done.
Successfully uploaded packages.

[Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand)]

Marking 'Fix Released'. Oneiric now has 1.4.8-1.

[Ronan Lamy (ronan-lamy)]

I'm a bit surprised that this is considered fixed. Winpdb is completely broken in Natty unless you run it with python2.6.

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

It's fixed in Oneiric. Fixed in the development release is the Ubuntu standard for 'Fix Released'.

[Barry Warsaw (barry)]

I think the options for Natty would be to either build 1.4.8 in a PPA or request a backport. In fact, 1.4.8 is available in my PPA:

https://launchpad.net/~barry/+archive/python

[Ronan Lamy (ronan-lamy)]

@Scott: OK. I guess I should get more familiar with Ubuntu policies and terminology, sorry.

@Barry: Thanks, the PPA solution works for me.

[klonuo (klonuo)]

This is sooo lame

I installed this package with Synaptic on 11.04, then spent some time looking for broken pipe between program I use to evoke winpdb, and the problem was that Ubuntu ships faulty package

Why don't you remove it from 11.04 repositories?

[Stefano Rivera (stefanor)]

Packages can't be removed. They can be fixed, but given that a fixed version is published in a new release, it probably isn't worth the effort.