[Python-modules-team] Bug#766419: Bug#766419: python3-requests: Version 2.4 of python-requests / python3-requests breaks virtualenv.

[Nicolas CANIART]

reassign 766419 python-requests-whl
affects 766419 + python-virtualenv python3-virtualenv
block 766261 by 766419


Reassigned the bug to python-requests-whl given the context in which
it was discovered and the fact that it is indeed the problematic
package.
But again beware of the huge reverse dependency list.

Regards,
Nicolas.



2014-10-23 0:47 GMT+02:00 Nicolas CANIART <nicolas at caniart.net>:
> Package: python3-requests
> Version: 2.4.3-1
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks unrelated software
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
>
> The new version of python3-requests/python-requests (2.4.3) breaks
> pip which in turn breaks virtualenv (see bug #766261).
>
> The request.compat module used to export a IncompleteRead
> module which virtualenv uses. But this symbol is no longer defined there
> and thus any package relying on it is prone to break.
>
> Temporarily removing this package from unstable or uploading a version
> of the package that is patched so it exports the symbol in question
> again, seems advisable considering the amount of reverse dependency
> this package has (a quick grep in /usr/lib/python3/dist-package show
> no other package on my system but I have only a few of those reverse
> dependencies installed).
>
> Looking at pip source code on [1], it seems this symbol is no longer
> used so you may also want to coordinate with the pip maintainer
> (there are no newer release of pip, as of today).
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Nicolas.
>
> [1]: https://github.com/pypa/pip  (depends on requests 2.4.1 cached
>      in _vendor sub-directory)
>
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: jessie/sid
>   APT prefers stable-updates
>   APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
> Foreign Architectures: i386
>
> Kernel: Linux 3.16-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
>
> Versions of packages python3-requests depends on:
> ii  ca-certificates  20141019
> ii  python3-chardet  2.3.0-1
> ii  python3-urllib3  1.9.1-2
> pn  python3:any      <none>
>
> python3-requests recommends no packages.
>
> Versions of packages python3-requests suggests:
> pn  python3-ndg-httpsclient  <none>
> pn  python3-openssl          <none>
> ii  python3-pyasn1           0.1.7-1
>
> -- no debconf information
>
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