[FFe] Update to latest upstream version

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

With the build made by Clive i am able to install and run Muon on Xenial. It doesn't crash now when checking for updates, installing packages etc. Many people asked for Muon and they would like to see it in this LTS release.

+1 for this request.

How about the nofifier?

notifier* (http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/muon-notifier)

+1

A decent native _package manager_ rather than a software centre for kubuntu is a must.

@Flames_in_Paradise - I believe that muon-updater is being withdrawn and replacement updater is now packaged in a new plasma-discover package, which will be in the Plasma release 5.5.4 or hopefully the soon to be uploaded 5.5.5.

http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/plasma-discover-updater

This FFE is regarding the Muon Package Manager, source-code available here - https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=muon.git

The version I propose to go into Xenial is in my PPA - https://launchpad.net/~clivejo/+archive/ubuntu/xenial if you install it manually please note that the latest Muon PM needs an updated libqapt, otherwise it crashes on refreshing the packages.

I can confirm that muon from Clive's ppa works great.

I've also just installed Muon from Clive's PPA, and it works like a charm. Downloads updates and installs them without a hitch.

Thinking this doesn't need a FFE ->

http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/muon

I have stepped forward to provide bug fix maintenance on the upstream package. Muon PM is such a useful tool for developers and power users, and is a perfect compliment to the Software Centre.

I would very much welcome this coming as part of the 16.04 Kubuntu install

With xenial:

$ LANG=EN sudo apt install muon
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 muon : Depends: libmuon (= 4:5.4.3-0ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

If the Kubuntu team wants it, and is willing to take the risk on this late, +1 from me.

This bug was fixed in the package muon - 4:5.6.0-0ubuntu1

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muon (4:5.6.0-0ubuntu1) xenial; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release 5.6.0 (Closes LP: #1562406)

 -- Clive Johnston <email address hidden> Sat, 26 Mar 2016 20:50:44 +0000