SRU request:
A statement explaining the impact of the bug on users and justification for
backporting the fix to the stable release:
See description, specifically this causes depending modules to segfault
An explanation of how the bug has been addressed in the development branch,
including the relevant version numbers of packages modified in order to
implement the fix:
It has been fixed upstream. We are cherry picking the fix from commit (SVN
r53731)
A minimal patch applicable to the stable version of the package. If preparing a
patch is likely to be time-consuming, it may be preferable to get a general
approval from the SRU team first.
See attached debdiff
Detailed instructions how to reproduce the bug. These should allow someone who
is not familiar with the affected package to reproduce the bug and verify that
the updated package fixes the problem. Please mark this with a line "TEST
CASE:".
TEST CASE:
An example trying to use a sample from python-visual:
g...@mountpaku:/usr/share/doc/python-visual/examples$ python orbit.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "orbit.py", line 1, in <module>
from visual import *
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/visual/__init__.py", line 59, in
<module>
import cvisual
AttributeError: 'Boost.Python.StaticProperty' object attribute '__doc__' is
read-only
A discussion of the regression potential of the patch and how users could get
inadvertently affected.:
This has been tested upstream (and through the ppas linked above in ubuntu) and
regressions have not been seen.
** Attachment added: "boost.debdiff"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41836144/boost.debdiff
** Changed in: boost1.38 (Ubuntu)
Assignee: Andrew Mitchell (ajmitch) => (unassigned)
** Changed in: boost1.38 (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => New
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libboost-python1.38 issues with __doc__ property in Python >= 2.6.3
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/457688
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