[Launchpad-users] Ubuntu packages that use launchpadlib, and the changes they need to work in Natty

[Leonard Richardson <leonard.richardson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Back in February I sent out an email 
(https://lists.launchpad.net/launchpad-users/msg06239.html) about 
upgrading your applications that use launchpadlib so that they'd work in 
Natty without crashes or deprecation errors. I mentioned that I'd done 
audits of all the code in Ubuntu that uses launchpadlib.

I've now taken this one step further, filing a bug in nearly every 
project I audited, to keep track of any changes that need to be made. If 
you run a project (or just have a script) that uses launchpadlib, and 
you're not mentioned in this email, please do a quick check to make sure 
your code works with the Natty launchpadlib. If your code is present in 
Ubuntu and I didn't mention it here, I've made a serious oversight and 
I'd like you to contact me right away.

Most of the problems are simple deprecation warnings, and don't need to 
be fixed right away. Here are the bugs I filed for the tiny problems:

python-launchpadlib-toolkit (arsenal)
 https://bugs.launchpad.net/arsenal/+bug/737678

lptools
 https://bugs.launchpad.net/lptools/+bug/737681

ubuntu-qa-tools
 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-qa-tools/+bug/737689

ubuntu-archive-tools
 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-archive-tools/+bug/737690

groundcontrol
 https://bugs.launchpad.net/groundcontrol/+bug/737693

There are three packages that really do need to be fixed: memaker, 
bughugger, and ubuntu-dev-tools. The good news is that I'm pretty sure 
that after I talked to them, the ubuntu-dev-tools developers went ahead 
and fixed their code. Here are the bugs I filed:

memaker
 https://bugs.launchpad.net/memaker/+bug/737674

bughugger
 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bughugger/+bug/724373

ubuntu-dev-tools
 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-dev-tools/+bug/737683

The software-center project also has code that needs to be fixed, but 
the problematic code is not exposed by default. Here's the bug:

 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/737697

Quickly is a smaller problem: the current version of quickly should work 
in Natty, but users will not get the benefits of desktop-wide 
integration. Here's the bug:

 https://bugs.launchpad.net/quickly/+bug/737704

* kubuntu-dev-tools looks fine, but I filed a bug asking for a test to 
make sure:

 https://bugs.launchpad.net/kubuntu-dev-tools/+bug/737684

* The following packages worked fine when I checked them out with their 
owners, so I haven't filed bugs about them:

 - python-apport (owner: pitti)
 - bzr-pqm (owner: abentley)
 - bzr-builddeb (owner: james_w)

If you have any questions, please respond to this email, respond to the 
bug I filed against your project, or grab me on IRC.

Leonard