[Bug 1499094] Re: Please replace electrum with 'dummy' package in the repositories for Trusty, Vivid

[Thomas Ward]

Mathew Hodson:  Do not mark this bug or the related bug as a duplicate
of each other, they have different sponsoring/review/handling
procedures.  Adam Conrad (infinity, on IRC) unduped these after he and I
discussed this on IRC, and they're being handled separately and
differently.

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Title:
  Please replace electrum with 'dummy' package in the repositories for
  Trusty, Vivid

Status in electrum package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in electrum source package in Trusty:
  New
Status in electrum source package in Vivid:
  New

Bug description:
  Related:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/electrum/+bug/1481033

  
  Request:
  Please apply a retroactive SRU that will replace the Electrum binaries and such with 'dummy' packages.  A related removal/blacklist request is linked above, and may be used as the supporting arguments for this request, as well as the prior precedent set by the Bitcoin source package blacklisting and retroactive 'dummyfication'.

  
  Precedent:
  There is prior precedent existing for such a retroactive 'nullification' of the package by replacing it with a dummy package within the 'bitcoin' source package.  Refer to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bitcoin/+bug/1260602 for that precedent.  Similar precedent exists here, as future hard-forks in Bitcoin blockchains may, and very likely always will, make 'older' Electrum releases break.

  
  Implied Breakages with this SRU:
  * The 'electrum' binary installed by the binaries from the repository *will no longer work* on systems when this SRU goes out.
  * The 'python-electrum' binary installed by the binaries from the repository *will no longer work* on systems when this SRU goes out.

  
  Alternatives to the Ubuntu Repositories:
  * Upstream provides installation via either compiling from source tarballs from upstream, or via 'python pip'.  This will, of course, keep the package updated when individuals use 'pip' in accordance with Upstream recommendations and guidelines for the installation and/or compiling of the program.

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