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Bug#742118: marked as done (python-apt: sources.list writing may fail; encoding of sources.list files (advice wanted))

Your message dated Thu, 20 Mar 2014 19:33:52 +0000
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and subject line Bug#742118: fixed in python-apt 0.9.3.4
has caused the Debian Bug report #742118,
regarding python-apt: sources.list writing may fail; encoding of sources.list files (advice wanted)
to be marked as done.

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Package: python-apt
Version: 0.9.3.3
Severity: serious

On Sunday, I merged a bug fix from Ubuntu to force /etc/apt/sources.list
to be opened with utf-8 encoding. This was a mistake. The patch was broken,
and things can fail now for empty entries. It is reverted in git.

I also do not think that hardcoding UTF-8 is a sensible idea. Python 3
by default uses the encoding of the locale it is run in, and that is a
much better idea.

Of course, there are people who sometimes use the "C" locale (or other
locales with different encoding than their main locale) when running
tools using python-apt and then complain about failure because python-apt
cannot read files encoded in their main locale's encoding.

I thus think we should *not* hardcode an UTF-8 encoding in python-apt,
and should instead fix applications and users that run things in an
environment with a locale different from the normal one. It also matches
the behavior of Python itself.

PS.
I CCed debian-devel@l.d.o for further input on this topic, but I'm not
subscribed. So communication should either CC the bug; or if we do not
want to spam this, deity@l.d.o or my email. Thank you.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (980, 'unstable'), (500, 'unstable'), (100, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.13-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages python-apt depends on:
ii  libapt-inst1.5     0.9.16.1
ii  libapt-pkg4.12     0.9.16.1
ii  libc6              2.18-4
ii  libgcc1            1:4.8.2-16
ii  libstdc++6         4.8.2-16
ii  python             2.7.5-5
ii  python-apt-common  0.9.3.3

Versions of packages python-apt recommends:
ii  iso-codes    3.51-1
ii  lsb-release  4.1+Debian12
ii  xz-utils     5.1.1alpha+20120614-2

Versions of packages python-apt suggests:
ii  python-apt-dbg  0.9.3.3
pn  python-apt-doc  <none>
ii  python-gtk2     2.24.0-3+b1
pn  python-vte      <none>

-- no debconf information

-- 
Julian Andres Klode  - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member

See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/.

Please do not top-post if possible.

--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message --- 
Source: python-apt
Source-Version: 0.9.3.4

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
python-apt, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 742118@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org> (supplier of updated python-apt package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)


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Format: 1.8
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:48:12 +0100
Source: python-apt
Binary: python-apt python-apt-doc python-apt-dbg python-apt-dev python-apt-common python3-apt python3-apt-dbg
Architecture: source amd64 all
Version: 0.9.3.4
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: APT Development Team <deity@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>
Description: 
 python-apt - Python interface to libapt-pkg
 python-apt-common - Python interface to libapt-pkg (locales)
 python-apt-dbg - Python interface to libapt-pkg (debug extension)
 python-apt-dev - Python interface to libapt-pkg (development files)
 python-apt-doc - Python interface to libapt-pkg (API documentation)
 python3-apt - Python 3 interface to libapt-pkg
 python3-apt-dbg - Python 3 interface to libapt-pkg (debug extension)
Closes: 718330 742118
Changes: 
 python-apt (0.9.3.4) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * python/progress.cc: Fix InstallProgress to set child_pid (LP: #1177720)
   * python/progress.cc: Remove invalid checks for mixedCase methods
   * utils/get_*_mirrors*.py: Ensure failure if no mirrors were read
   * utils/get_*_mirrors*.py: Use sys.stderr.write instead of print
   * Support all compressors for data.tar/control.tar (Closes: #718330)
   * Revert "aptsources/sourceslist.py: ensure that our sources are opened with UTF-8"
     (Closes: #742118)
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