I'm surely requesting an exception here since the package shipped in focal doesn't even start, I believe you cannot go worse than that by syncing.
** Description changed: Please sync calibre 5.3.0+dfsg-1 (universe) from Debian unstable (main) - See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=971947 + See https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1877180 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS has shipped a beta version of calibre that is unable to even start. There has been a fix for five months now. Please, either sync to a working version or apply a patch with the fix described in https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1877180/comments/6 (although I think the right thing to do is to sync, because this is just a patch for beta in an LTS). Changelog entries since current hirsute version 4.99.12+dfsg+really4.23.0-1: calibre (5.3.0+dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=medium - * Update patch metadata. - This helps gbp-pq(1) . - $ gbp pq import - * Refresh quilt patches. - Done by gbp-pq(1) . - $ gbp pq export - * New upstream version 5.3.0+dfsg - * Update Quilt patch + * Update patch metadata. + This helps gbp-pq(1) . + $ gbp pq import + * Refresh quilt patches. + Done by gbp-pq(1) . + $ gbp pq export + * New upstream version 5.3.0+dfsg + * Update Quilt patch - -- YOKOTA Hiroshi <yokota.h...@gmail.com> Fri, 16 Oct 2020 20:03:33 + -- YOKOTA Hiroshi <yokota.h...@gmail.com> Fri, 16 Oct 2020 20:03:33 +0900 calibre (5.2.0+dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=medium - * New upstream version 5.2.0+dfsg + * New upstream version 5.2.0+dfsg - -- YOKOTA Hiroshi <yokota.h...@gmail.com> Wed, 07 Oct 2020 21:10:55 + -- YOKOTA Hiroshi <yokota.h...@gmail.com> Wed, 07 Oct 2020 21:10:55 +0900 calibre (5.1.0+dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=medium - * New upstream version 5.1.0+dfsg + * New upstream version 5.1.0+dfsg - -- YOKOTA Hiroshi <yokota.h...@gmail.com> Fri, 02 Oct 2020 21:14:24 + -- YOKOTA Hiroshi <yokota.h...@gmail.com> Fri, 02 Oct 2020 21:14:24 +0900 calibre (5.0.1+dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=medium - [ Norbert Preining ] - * initial work on sip5 support (see ##964125) - * adjust sip deps according to bug report - * more suggestions concerning sip5 - * test build changelog entry + [ Norbert Preining ] + * initial work on sip5 support (see ##964125) + * adjust sip deps according to bug report + * more suggestions concerning sip5 + * test build changelog entry - [ YOKOTA Hiroshi ] - * Lintian fix - get-orig-source target is obsolete. - * Enable uscan to import source - * Lintian fix. - Don't use bulleted list in NEWS entry. - * Lintian fix. - All patch files are must in debian/patches/series . - * Lintian fix. - Remove trailing white space - * Lintian fix. - Add descriptions to quilt patch - * Lintian fix. - Each package has different description from other packages. - * Lintian fix. - Add upstream bug tracker - * Lintian fix. - Theses patches are Debian-only. - Not needed to forward upstream. - * Sort dependency lines - * Lintian fix. - Remove duplicated lines - * Lintian fix. - There is no need to root privileges. - Don't install default config files. - * Lintian fix. - Don't install empty directory - * Cosmetic fix - * Use latest version of "poppler-utils" (Closes: #962668) - Older "pdftohtml" provides surrogate pair characters in UTF-8 string. - This behavior is not valid for UTF-8 encoding. - Use latest "pdftohtml" to avoid some error on "python3-lxml". - * Remove unused target - * Use trampoline script to Makefile target - * Use Automatic environment values - * Refactor parallel build - * Fix jobserver warning - * Add comment for trampoline script - * Remove version mangle - * Use beta versions as upstream code - * Update gbp config - "uscan = True" is not works well - * New upstream version 4.99.17 - * Remove py3 patches. - All patches were merged into upstream master branch. - * Refresh patches - * Remove unused line - * Revert SIP5 code. - Debian doesn't support SIP5 based PyQt5 yet. - * Reorder to work patches well - * No need to forward for upstream - * Remove obsolete document - * Update document - * Update changelog - * Restore version mangle. - They are still needed because Debian uses own MathJax code. - * Restore watch file - * New upstream version 5.0.0+dfsg - * Drop obsolete patch (Closes: #964125, #970921) - * Update hardening patch - * Restore hardening code for SIP - * New upstream version 5.0.1+dfsg + [ YOKOTA Hiroshi ] + * Lintian fix + get-orig-source target is obsolete. + * Enable uscan to import source + * Lintian fix. + Don't use bulleted list in NEWS entry. + * Lintian fix. + All patch files are must in debian/patches/series . + * Lintian fix. + Remove trailing white space + * Lintian fix. + Add descriptions to quilt patch + * Lintian fix. + Each package has different description from other packages. + * Lintian fix. + Add upstream bug tracker + * Lintian fix. + Theses patches are Debian-only. + Not needed to forward upstream. + * Sort dependency lines + * Lintian fix. + Remove duplicated lines + * Lintian fix. + There is no need to root privileges. + Don't install default config files. + * Lintian fix. + Don't install empty directory + * Cosmetic fix + * Use latest version of "poppler-utils" (Closes: #962668) + Older "pdftohtml" provides surrogate pair characters in UTF-8 string. + This behavior is not valid for UTF-8 encoding. + Use latest "pdftohtml" to avoid some error on "python3-lxml". + * Remove unused target + * Use trampoline script to Makefile target + * Use Automatic environment values + * Refactor parallel build + * Fix jobserver warning + * Add comment for trampoline script + * Remove version mangle + * Use beta versions as upstream code + * Update gbp config + "uscan = True" is not works well + * New upstream version 4.99.17 + * Remove py3 patches. + All patches were merged into upstream master branch. + * Refresh patches + * Remove unused line + * Revert SIP5 code. + Debian doesn't support SIP5 based PyQt5 yet. + * Reorder to work patches well + * No need to forward for upstream + * Remove obsolete document + * Update document + * Update changelog + * Restore version mangle. + They are still needed because Debian uses own MathJax code. + * Restore watch file + * New upstream version 5.0.0+dfsg + * Drop obsolete patch (Closes: #964125, #970921) + * Update hardening patch + * Restore hardening code for SIP + * New upstream version 5.0.1+dfsg - -- YOKOTA Hiroshi <yokota.h...@gmail.com> Sat, 26 Sep 2020 00:39:18 + -- YOKOTA Hiroshi <yokota.h...@gmail.com> Sat, 26 Sep 2020 00:39:18 +0900 ** Description changed: Please sync calibre 5.3.0+dfsg-1 (universe) from Debian unstable (main) See https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1877180 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS has shipped a beta version of calibre that is unable to even start. There has been a fix for five months now. Please, either sync to a working version or apply a patch with the fix described in https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1877180/comments/6 (although I think the right thing to do is to sync, because this is just a patch for beta in an LTS). + + This is a sync request for focal and maybe also groovy (see comments + below). Changelog entries since current hirsute version 4.99.12+dfsg+really4.23.0-1: calibre (5.3.0+dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=medium * Update patch metadata. This helps gbp-pq(1) . $ gbp pq import * Refresh quilt patches. Done by gbp-pq(1) . $ gbp pq export * New upstream version 5.3.0+dfsg * Update Quilt patch -- YOKOTA Hiroshi <yokota.h...@gmail.com> Fri, 16 Oct 2020 20:03:33 +0900 calibre (5.2.0+dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=medium * New upstream version 5.2.0+dfsg -- YOKOTA Hiroshi <yokota.h...@gmail.com> Wed, 07 Oct 2020 21:10:55 +0900 calibre (5.1.0+dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=medium * New upstream version 5.1.0+dfsg -- YOKOTA Hiroshi <yokota.h...@gmail.com> Fri, 02 Oct 2020 21:14:24 +0900 calibre (5.0.1+dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=medium [ Norbert Preining ] * initial work on sip5 support (see ##964125) * adjust sip deps according to bug report * more suggestions concerning sip5 * test build changelog entry [ YOKOTA Hiroshi ] * Lintian fix get-orig-source target is obsolete. * Enable uscan to import source * Lintian fix. Don't use bulleted list in NEWS entry. * Lintian fix. All patch files are must in debian/patches/series . * Lintian fix. Remove trailing white space * Lintian fix. Add descriptions to quilt patch * Lintian fix. Each package has different description from other packages. * Lintian fix. Add upstream bug tracker * Lintian fix. Theses patches are Debian-only. Not needed to forward upstream. * Sort dependency lines * Lintian fix. Remove duplicated lines * Lintian fix. There is no need to root privileges. Don't install default config files. * Lintian fix. Don't install empty directory * Cosmetic fix * Use latest version of "poppler-utils" (Closes: #962668) Older "pdftohtml" provides surrogate pair characters in UTF-8 string. This behavior is not valid for UTF-8 encoding. Use latest "pdftohtml" to avoid some error on "python3-lxml". * Remove unused target * Use trampoline script to Makefile target * Use Automatic environment values * Refactor parallel build * Fix jobserver warning * Add comment for trampoline script * Remove version mangle * Use beta versions as upstream code * Update gbp config "uscan = True" is not works well * New upstream version 4.99.17 * Remove py3 patches. All patches were merged into upstream master branch. * Refresh patches * Remove unused line * Revert SIP5 code. Debian doesn't support SIP5 based PyQt5 yet. * Reorder to work patches well * No need to forward for upstream * Remove obsolete document * Update document * Update changelog * Restore version mangle. They are still needed because Debian uses own MathJax code. * Restore watch file * New upstream version 5.0.0+dfsg * Drop obsolete patch (Closes: #964125, #970921) * Update hardening patch * Restore hardening code for SIP * New upstream version 5.0.1+dfsg -- YOKOTA Hiroshi <yokota.h...@gmail.com> Sat, 26 Sep 2020 00:39:18 +0900 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Edubuntu Bugsquad, which is subscribed to calibre in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901921 Title: Sync calibre 5.3.0+dfsg-1 (universe) from Debian unstable (main) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/calibre/+bug/1901921/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~edubuntu-bugs Post to : edubuntu-bugs@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~edubuntu-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
