Why is this still in an "undecided" stage? Anyone who links against libreadline on Ubuntu 14 or 16, and tries to ship a package that can also run on 18, is screwed here.
Another user who ran into this, for example, is here: https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/Ubuntu1804ReadlineMess -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1805040 Title: Apparently "Readline6" is not in Ubuntu 18.4.1 LTS but I need it To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/readline6/+bug/1805040/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs