[Bug 1686183] Re: Ship ubuntu-advantage in basefiles for ubuntu

[Andreas Hasenack]

This introduces a python dependency to base-files, which I think is
incorrect. I think the decision to choose base-files should be
reevaluated.

>From the point of view of end-users, regardless if the script is in
base-files or in its own package, the same number of apt commands will
be needed either way.

It's either:
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
ubuntu-advantage enable-esm <token>

or:
apt-get update
apt-get install ubuntu-advantage
ubuntu-advantage enable-esm <token>

In its own package it can have its own copyright, manpage, correct
dependencies, its own source tarball, tests (which were stripped from
the debdiff here), upstream url, nice description, etc.

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Title:
  Ship ubuntu-advantage in basefiles for ubuntu

Status in base-files package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  [Impact]

   * Allow ubuntu-advantage users to access the extended security
  maintenance script with a simple command line tool.  This script needs
  to hit precise machines and be easy for ubuntu-advantage customers to
  enable, thus basefiles was chosen as a home.

  [Test Case]

   * Run ubuntu-advantage, it should print out help
   * Run sudo ubuntu-advantage enable <token> (without sudo it will warn you), but you need to be an ubuntu-advantage customer to get that token.  In the end, the script simply adds and removes an /etc/apt/sources.list.d entry.
   * you can contact me (dpb at canonical.com) if you would like a token for test purposes.

  [Regression Potential]

   * Low, this is a new script, not included in any automated startup
  paths.

  [Other Info]

   * http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2017/03/ubuntu-1204-esm.html

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