On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 03:44:59PM -0400, Barry Warsaw wrote: > I believe aptdaemon is effectively abandoned. It's been removed from Debian > but it's still hanging around in Ubuntu due to a few reverse dependencies: > > % reverse-depends aptdaemon > Reverse-Depends > =============== > * gnome-software > * language-selector-gnome > * oem-config-gtk > * python-aptdaemon > * python3-aptdaemon > * sessioninstaller
I think this is the wrong command and you need 'reverse-depends src:aptdaemon' to see the actual impact here. This shows that there are lots more reverse-dependencies on the python modules. > I think the gnome-software dependency is unnecessary. I can't find a > reference to aptdaemon in the source, and I built a version without it in my > PPA, tested it in a Zesty VM and it worked fine afaict. I've prepared a > version that's ready for upload, which I'd like to do unless someone with more > knowledge about it objects. (OTOH, it's not urgent so it can wait until after > Zesty.) > > That leaves three remaining dependencies (ignoring python{,3}-apdaemon) all of > which appear legitimate. Note that language-selector-gnome, oem-config-gtk, > and sessioninstaller are only in Ubuntu, not in Debian, and each still have > their own reverse dependencies. > > I bring this up because back in January, I uploaded aptdaemon > 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu17 which was a contributed fix for LP: #1623856; a problem > with the minimum window height. I thought I'd tested the build at the time, > but I got distracted with other things, and was reminded today that it's > *still* in -proposed because its failing its tests. I don't think those tests > are fixable without a fair bit of work since afaict, they are using obsolete > APIs that no longer exist. The version before mine was last uploaded in > Yakkety, and even trying to build the Yakkety version in Zesty fails. So my > changes (as expected) aren't relevant and the package is simply no longer > buildable in Ubuntu. Yay for TIL. > > Given the state of aptdaemon, I think it's in Ubuntu's interest to drop it, > but that means porting or dropping language-selector-gnome, oem-config-gtk > (src:ubuquity), and sessioninstaller. I don't know what the states of those > packages are, so the best I can do is file bugs against them. > > Given where we are in the Zesty cycle, I recommend just dropping aptdaemon > 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu17 from -proposed and marking LP: #1623856 as Won't Fix. > Let's try to drop aptdaemon from Ubuntu in Acrobatic Aardvark. > > Cheers, > -Barry -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org
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