[Bug 439566] Re: add software-properties-common to ubuntu-standard

[Robie Basak]

Adding software-properties-common to the server seed would add 54.7 kB
to the CD, and 543 kB to the install:

# apt-get install --no-install-recommends software-properties-common
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  python3-software-properties unattended-upgrades
Suggested packages:
  bsd-mailx mail-transport-agent
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  python3-software-properties software-properties-common unattended-upgrades
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 54.7 kB of archives.
After this operation, 543 kB of additional disk space will be used.

I was initially alarmed by unattended-upgrades, but then realised that
it doesn't enable by default (you must dpkg-reconfigure -plow). So
behaviour will not change.

** Summary changed:

- add software-properties-common to ubuntu-standard
+ add-apt-repository is not available by default on server

** Description changed:

- the python-software-properties package in Karmic should be added to the
- ubuntu-standard dependencies to make 'add-apt-repository' available on
- server installations.
+ add-apt-repository is not available on Server.
  
- ProblemType: Bug
- Architecture: i386
- Date: Wed Sep 30 21:16:09 2009
- DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
- Package: ubuntu-standard 1.171
- ProcEnviron:
-  LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
-  PATH=(custom, user)
-  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
- ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36eee1-generic
- SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
- Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic i686
+ Users being given instructions to add a PPA must first be given
+ instructions on adding add-apt-repository before they can run it. This
+ is painful because <= 12.04 it was available in python-software-
+ properties, and in >= 12.10 it has moved to software-properties-common.
+ This makes the instructions complicated, experience of using a PPA
+ tedious and increases friction.
+ 
+ Workaround: install software-properties-common manually.
+ 
+ add-apt-repository is seeded on desktop via software-properties-gtk, so
+ this affects only Server.
+ 
+ Solution: seed software-properties-common on server. This will add 54.7
+ kB to the CD, and 543 kB to the install.

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Title:
  add-apt-repository is not available by default on server

Status in “ubuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  add-apt-repository is not available on Server.

  Users being given instructions to add a PPA must first be given
  instructions on adding add-apt-repository before they can run it. This
  is painful because <= 12.04 it was available in python-software-
  properties, and in >= 12.10 it has moved to software-properties-
  common. This makes the instructions complicated, experience of using a
  PPA tedious and increases friction.

  Workaround: install software-properties-common manually.

  add-apt-repository is seeded on desktop via software-properties-gtk,
  so this affects only Server.

  Solution: seed software-properties-common on server. This will add
  54.7 kB to the CD, and 543 kB to the install.

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