We never got around to this while 14.04 was the current LTS. It's fixed in 16.04 LTS. Marking wontfix as it seems unlikely to be a priority now.
** Changed in: protobuf (Ubuntu Trusty) Status: Triaged => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to protobuf in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1275826 Title: Version 2.5.0-5ubuntu1 breaks python code using the cpp module Status in Ubuntu One storage protocol: Fix Released Status in protobuf package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in ubuntuone-storage-protocol package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in protobuf source package in Trusty: Won't Fix Status in ubuntuone-storage-protocol source package in Trusty: Fix Released Bug description: The 2.5.0-5ubuntu1 upload in proposed includes the following change: * python-protobuf: switch back to the pure Python implementation, as upstream appears to no longer be maintaining the current C++ based Python binding. See the following upstream issues for details: - https://code.google.com/p/protobuf/issues/detail?id=434 - https://code.google.com/p/protobuf/issues/detail?id=503 However, the cpp_message.py is still included, and tries to import the C++ based module which no longer exists, which results in the following failure in the ubuntuone-storage-protocol tests: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/u1trial", line 40, in <module> main() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntuone-dev-tools/ubuntuone/devtools/runners/__init__.py", line 277, in main suite = test_runner.get_suite(options) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntuone-dev-tools/ubuntuone/devtools/runners/__init__.py", line 173, in get_suite config['ignore-paths'])) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntuone-dev-tools/ubuntuone/devtools/runners/__init__.py", line 157, in _collect_tests module_suite = self._load_unittest(filepath) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntuone-dev-tools/ubuntuone/devtools/runners/__init__.py", line 98, in _load_unittest module = __import__(modpath, None, None, [""]) File "/tmp/adt-run.i9ormp/dsc0-build/ubuntuone-storage-protocol-13.10/tests/test_bytesproducer.py", line 42, in <module> from ubuntuone.storageprotocol import client, protocol_pb2 File "/tmp/adt-run.i9ormp/dsc0-build/ubuntuone-storage-protocol-13.10/ubuntuone/storageprotocol/client.py", line 51, in <module> from ubuntuone.storageprotocol import ( File "/tmp/adt-run.i9ormp/dsc0-build/ubuntuone-storage-protocol-13.10/ubuntuone/storageprotocol/delta.py", line 35, in <module> from ubuntuone.storageprotocol import protocol_pb2 File "/tmp/adt-run.i9ormp/dsc0-build/ubuntuone-storage-protocol-13.10/ubuntuone/storageprotocol/protocol_pb2.py", line 4, in <module> from google.protobuf import descriptor as _descriptor File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/google/protobuf/descriptor.py", line 45, in <module> from google.protobuf.internal import cpp_message File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/google/protobuf/internal/cpp_message.py", line 39, in <module> from google.protobuf.internal import _net_proto2___python ImportError: cannot import name _net_proto2___python make[1]: *** [override_dh_auto_test] Error 1 It seems like this python module should instead issue a DeprecationWarning and fall back to using the pure python implementation, whilst code which uses the cpp module in some way, transitions over to the pure python implementation. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntuone-storage-protocol/+bug/1275826/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp