[Openstack-devel] Bug#736251: Bug#736251: cliff-tablib: [PATCH] Resolve FTBFS from attempt to download distribute

[Thomas Goirand]

On 01/21/2014 11:01 PM, Daniel T Chen wrote:
> Package: cliff-tablib
> Version: 1.0-2
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: patch
> User: ubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
> Usertags: origin-ubuntu trusty ubuntu-patch
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> In Ubuntu 14.04, the attached patch was applied to achieve the following:
> 
>   * Because we already build-depend on setuptools, just remove the use
>     of distribute (as upstream did in changeset 2646549), thereby
>     resolving FTBFS.
> 
> 
> Because the buildds are firewalled, the build fails attempting to
> download the deprecated distribute tarball. I chose to backport minimal
> bits from the referenced changeset (as opposed to also removing
> distribute_setup.py).
> 
> Alternately, these changes are already in upstream version 1.1.
> 
> Thanks for considering the patch.

FYI, the new upstream release fixes this issue, so I think it's best to
package that, rather than applying your patch.

Cheers,

Thomas Goirand (zigo)