** Also affects: software-properties (Ubuntu Oneiric)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
Status: New => In Progress
** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu Oneiric)
Status: New => In Progress
** Description changed:
+ TEST CASE:
+ 1. run add-apt-repository ppa:mvo
+ 2. verify that it prompts
+ 3. install software-properties from lucid-proposed
+ 4. run FORCE_ADD_APT_REPOSITORY=1 add-apt-repository ppa:mvo
+ 5. verify that it does *not* prompt
+
The addition in oneiric of a confirmation question as the default
behavior for add-apt-repository is a change in behavior which breaks all
scripts that were using add-apt-repository and most every code snippet
on the web which explains how to install software from a PPA. (the
instructions still work in sequence, but if someone wants to just
highlight three lines which add the repo, run update, and then install
the package, the second two get eaten by the prompt) Additionally,
although there is a new -y option which enables the old behavior, this
option did not exist in pre-oneiric, it becomes quite klunky to write
system automation scripts which work across releases.
It seems that this causes many more problems than it solves, imho.
** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
Status: In Progress => Fix Committed
** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
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Title:
add-apt-repository: confirmation question is a CLI UI regression,
breaking scripts
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