[Bug 589640] Re: apt-add-repository command named incorrectly

[Robert Roth]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Karmic reached EOL, and
later releases already use apt-add-repository, so I am marking this
Won't Fix, as backporting to an EOL release will not happen.

Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Won't Fix

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Title:
  apt-add-repository command named incorrectly

Status in “software-properties” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  From lucid onwards the apt-add-repository command is used to add a repository to the sources.list
  Unfortunately in karmic this command was originally named add-apt-repository.

  This produces some confusion especially in new users, as the existing
  documentation assumes the new command name also exists in karmic.

  For example:
  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/FAQ#How%20do%20I%20use%20the%20Ubuntu%20One%20beta%20PPA%20on%20Ubuntu%209.10%20and%20higher?

  As Karmic was the first release which contained this tool, changing
  the name retrospectively will allow continued documentation to refer
  to the tool as noted in the ubuntu one docs above.

  Although I'm not a skilled programmer, I suspect backporting the lucid
  version of this package to karmic may solve this issue quickly and
  simply.

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Jun  4 21:03:33 2010
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: python-software-properties 0.75.4
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-22.60-generic
  SourcePackage: software-properties
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-22-generic x86_64

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