Comment 10 for bug 2022372

Can I check I've got this straight?

python3-secretstorage in Focal uses an API call that is not deprecated in the python3-cryptography package shipped in Focal, but *is* deprecated in a future version of python3-cryptography shipped in the cloud archive?

That doesn't sound like it would qualify for an SRU in Focal to me, since it isn't a problem in Focal. The cloud archive is an overlay, and is expected to deal with the consequences of bumping versions of packages inside itself. The point of the cloud archive is that it does not alter the base Ubuntu archive for the purposes of enabling versions newer than what shipped in Ubuntu.

Can you fix the problem by either "undeprecating" those API calls in python3-cryptography in a patch in the cloud archive, or alternatively by shipping a patched or newer version of python-secretstorage in the cloud archive itself?

If I've not understood the situation correctly, please do correct me!