Bug 385227

Summary:	Duplicate packages for kdev-python.
Product:	[KDE Neon] neon	Reporter:	Francis Herne <mail>
Component:	Packages User Edition	Assignee:	Neon Bugs <neon-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	jr, neon-bugs-null, sitter
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
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Description Francis Herne 2017-09-30 10:06:29 UTC

apt in Neon can see two separate packages of kdev-python:

The package `kdev-python` v1.7.3 from Ubuntu Xenial.
The package `kdevelop-python` v5.1.2 from the Neon repositories.

In Ubuntu Xenial, there was only a `kdev-python` package. In more recent Ubuntu releases, `kdev-python` is a transitional package for `kdevelop-python`, but that isn't the case here.

The result is that anyone trying to install `kdev-python` receives the non-transitional upstream Ubuntu package, and gets broken dependencies because Neon has a newer and incompatible kdevplatform version.

This has been a recurring issue reported in #kdevelop and elsewhere; we didn't realise the exact cause until acheronuk pointed out on IRC that Neon uses the newer name now.

Comment 1 Jonathan Riddell 2018-11-05 22:01:59 UTC

sorted with the 18.04 LTS rebase