Bug 32126

Summary:	python-apt - Python 3 bindings for apt NEW PKG REQUEST
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Kristoffer Grundström <lovaren>
Component:	New RPM package request	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	davidwhodgins, lewyssmith, lovaren
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	python-apt	CVE:
Status comment:
Attachments:	Proposal spec file

Description Kristoffer Grundström 2023-07-20 04:54:14 CEST

Description of problem: I'd like to have this package added to the official repo as:

The apt_pkg Python 3 interface will provide full access to the internal
libapt-pkg structures allowing Python 3 programs to easily perform a
variety of functions, such as:
- Access to the APT configuration system
- Access to the APT package information database
- Parsing of Debian package control files, and other files with a
similar structure
The included 'aptsources' Python interface provides an abstraction of
the sources.list configuration on the repository and the distro level.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.3.0

Comment 1 Kristoffer Grundström 2023-07-20 04:56:22 CEST

Created attachment 13926 [details]
Proposal spec file

CC: (none) => lovaren

Comment 2 Lewis Smith 2023-07-20 20:32:39 CEST

Since this looks to be entirely related to Debian-type distributions, why do you want this packager in Mageia?

CC: (none) => lewyssmith

Comment 3 Kristoffer Grundström 2023-07-20 22:41:22 CEST

(In reply to Lewis Smith from comment #2)
> Since this looks to be entirely related to Debian-type distributions, why do
> you want this packager in Mageia?

To easen porting of packages related to snapd.

I know we haven't imported snapd yet, but I'm working on a local port to begin with.

Comment 4 Kristoffer Grundström 2023-07-20 22:42:00 CEST

And Fedora has imported this as well.

Comment 5 Lewis Smith 2023-07-22 21:33:21 CEST

So do you want to make this a request for both 'snapd' and 'python-apt'? Is one any use without the other?

Summary: python-apt - Python 3 bindings for apt => python-apt - Python 3 bindings for apt NEW PKG REQUEST

Comment 6 Dave Hodgins 2023-07-23 01:54:31 CEST

(In reply to Kristoffer Grundström from comment #3)
> I know we haven't imported snapd yet, but I'm working on a local port to
> begin with.

As discussed in the the thread back in 2020,
https://ml.mageia.org/l/arc/dev/2020-09/msg00316.html

snapd requires at least monthly updates or the Canonical app store stops
working.

It's also another form of packaging that is a security nightmare outside of
the control of Mageia.

See the disadvantages at https://www.makeuseof.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-snap-and-snap-store/

In particular "Due to the fact that Snap's back-end is still closed-source and controlled by Canonical, many major Linux distros aren't on board with the idea of putting Snap as the default package manager on their system."

It is not suitable for Mageia.

CC: (none) => davidwhodgins

Comment 7 Lewis Smith 2023-07-26 07:59:01 CEST

Thank you Dave for this comment, in the light of which closing this.

Resolution: (none) => INVALID
Status: NEW => RESOLVED