python-wxgtk2.8 missing wx.media in ubuntu 13.10

I think it was intentional change: https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/debian/sid/wxwidgets2.8/sid/view/23/debian/patches/disable_media_python.patch.

I upgraded yesterday and was hit with this this morning. Why was it removed, and, more importantly, what is the solution? This is not my program, and I don't know Python.

Hi Fabrice, can you please comment on this bug?

Hi,

This was intentional, but to be honest with you, I should have created a "python-wxgtk-media2.8" package for the dependency on media instead of dropping it completly.

For Ubuntu, it should be enough to disable the patch disable_media_python.patch and rebuild the package to have a working python package.
I'll check later today if it works and if it's ok, upload a -proposed package.

Fabrice

uploaded to -proposed. Awaiting approval.

There was an update to Python available today in Ubuntu 13.10, but it appears to me this issue is still the same.

Sorry, I see now there are Fixed Committed and Fixed Released statuses that come after In Progress. I'm still getting to know this site.

This bug was fixed in the package wxwidgets2.8 - 2.8.12.1-14ubuntu2

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wxwidgets2.8 (2.8.12.1-14ubuntu2) trusty; urgency=low

  * disable disable_media_python.patch to add wx.media to python-wxgtk2.8
    (LP: #1224528)
 -- Fabrice Coutadeur <email address hidden> Fri, 18 Oct 2013 20:29:34 +0200

So, does that mean it is now in proposed for Saucy, or only for the next version?

John, it's fixed in Trusty, and the fix for Saucy is waiting approval at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/saucy/+queue?queue_state=1.

This bug broke a number of wx apps for me, specifically those using the AGW library and persistence, which I assume are not few apps. So it's quite a showstopper and I've had to defer upgrading many machines.

Dmitry/anyone,

1. Is there an easy, clean way to temporarily work around the bug (I see packages have been uploaded but are not approved?) - How do I use these?

2. Is there a way to accelerate the approval process for the bugfix packages?

Oh: you can try to install .debs from Trusty, and ping #ubuntu-release on
Freenode to ask them if they can approve it quicker.

You can also install it from there: https://launchpad.net/~fabricesp/+archive/testbuild, even if the version number is not the good one.
This way, you can install the fixed package before his availability.

Hello jmxhyz, or anyone else affected,

Accepted wxwidgets2.8 into saucy-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wxwidgets2.8/2.8.12.1-14ubuntu1.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Just installed version 2.8.12.1-14ubuntu1.1 from the -proposed repository and it works fine.

The bug was preventing EasyABC from working, but it's all OK now.

Thanks.

Yes, that is much better now in Saucy. I upgraded using -proposed because I could not figure out how to get it from the testbuild area.

This bug was fixed in the package wxwidgets2.8 - 2.8.12.1-14ubuntu1.1

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wxwidgets2.8 (2.8.12.1-14ubuntu1.1) saucy-proposed; urgency=low

  * disable disable_media_python.patch to add wx.media to python-wxgtk2.8
    (LP: #1224528)
 -- Fabrice Coutadeur <email address hidden> Fri, 18 Oct 2013 20:29:34 +0200

The verification of this Stable Release Update has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regresssions.