targeted to b/c/d/e, although all my initial work is on e only. It includes a large amount of refactoring that I don't think is appropriate to sru back, so b/c/d would get a much smaller update - if at all.
> * add-apt-repository should support logging in to launchpad and adding private ppas added this functionality. > * private PPAs should be added with auth.conf.d for the auth data added this functionality. one note on this - when a private ppa is removed, the auth file is not currently removed, i don't have the code removing it, but probably it should be; i'll look at adding that. > * to avoid having to login to launchpad on a server, something like: > > - add-apt-repository should gain a --stdin switch that contains lines of > repositories with > options have not implemented this yet; however add-apt-repository does support providing a full sources.list line, so it could be called one-line- at-a-time. however, the way just drops the line directly into the main sources.list file, and doesn't parse out the login:password to put into an auth.conf.d/ file. > - add-apt-repository should gain a --remote/-r switch to specify a remote > host, and do the auth > locally and then run the --stdin one on the remote host. have not implemented this yet -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to software-properties in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/645404 Title: Support Private PPAs Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in software-properties source package in Bionic: In Progress Status in software-properties source package in Cosmic: In Progress Status in software-properties source package in Disco: In Progress Status in software-properties source package in Eoan: In Progress Bug description: Software properties add-apt-repository currently does not support adding private PPAs. software-properties should connect to the API and observe that it gets permission denied trying to read the ppa. Then it can reconnect to the API asking for authentication, which will open a browser window where you can do the openid ritual. Then using that token it ought to be possible for it to get the password etc. ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: python-software-properties 0.82.4 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/645404/+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
