Public bug reported: The author of apt-dater decided to switch from plain text configuration files to XML [1] in 1.0.2 [2]. However, this package incorporates 1.0.1 with some commits that inadvertently introduced this backwards incompatible change as well to 1.0.1.
After upgrading Ubuntu to 15.04 I have to reconfigure all of my apt- dater configuration files without a notice in the changelog, README or any warning provided. Either provide a configuration converter to upgrade or revert the commits introducing this backwards incompatible change. I understand some build bug was intended to be fixed by this [3], but I think this is much more painful than expected by most users. For Debian sid, this situation is fine, but not for Ubuntu stable I guess. [1] https://github.com/DE-IBH/apt-dater/commit/3a84efadc2f969bcc4865d57f0515d86c4d24567 [2] https://github.com/DE-IBH/apt-dater/commit/794a62961674ea3cd17acd2c602060c0b5bd3c25 [3] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=767594 ** Affects: apt-dater (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1451002 Title: Configuration files are backwards incompatible since 1.0.1+git20150119-1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-dater/+bug/1451002/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
