[Bug 1225016] [NEW] code disagrees about supported metapackages

[Brian Murray]

Public bug reported:

In the saucy code for ubuntu-release-upgrader there are some differences
as to what meta packages are supported by the release upgrader.

In data/DistUpgrade.cfg we see the following:

# the meta-pkgs we support
MetaPkgs=ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ichthux-desktop, mythbuntu-desktop, ubuntu-netbook, kubuntu-netbook, lubuntu-desktop

Some of these should be removed and it looks like at least edubuntu-
desktop is missing.

Then the error message from DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeCache.py only
mentions a subset of these:

            # FIXME: provide a list
            view.error(_("Can't guess meta-package"),
                       _("Your system does not contain a "
                         "ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop or "
                         "edubuntu-desktop package and it was not "
                         "possible to detect which version of "

Finally, in data/removal_blacklist.cfg there is another set of desktop
metapackages that should not be removed:

# blacklist of packages that should never be removed
ubuntu-standard
ubuntu-minimal
ubuntu-desktop
kubuntu-desktop
xubuntu-desktop
lubuntu-desktop

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: saucy

** Tags added: saucy

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Title:
  code disagrees about supported metapackages

Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  In the saucy code for ubuntu-release-upgrader there are some
  differences as to what meta packages are supported by the release
  upgrader.

  In data/DistUpgrade.cfg we see the following:

  # the meta-pkgs we support
  MetaPkgs=ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ichthux-desktop, mythbuntu-desktop, ubuntu-netbook, kubuntu-netbook, lubuntu-desktop

  Some of these should be removed and it looks like at least edubuntu-
  desktop is missing.

  Then the error message from DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeCache.py only
  mentions a subset of these:

              # FIXME: provide a list
              view.error(_("Can't guess meta-package"),
                         _("Your system does not contain a "
                           "ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop or "
                           "edubuntu-desktop package and it was not "
                           "possible to detect which version of "

  Finally, in data/removal_blacklist.cfg there is another set of desktop
  metapackages that should not be removed:

  # blacklist of packages that should never be removed
  ubuntu-standard
  ubuntu-minimal
  ubuntu-desktop
  kubuntu-desktop
  xubuntu-desktop
  lubuntu-desktop

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