Update Manager API: DistSpecific module

Implementations

• Update Manager API: DistSpecific.Auto module
• Update Manager API: DistSpecific.changelog module
• Update Manager API: DistSpecific.Debian module
• Update Manager API: DistSpecific.Ubuntu module
• Update Manager API: DistSpecific.loader module

Interfaces

class UpdateManager.DistSpecific.DistBase(name=None, changelog_fetcher=None, distupgrade_check=False)

Base class for distribution specific functionality.

This class defines the API available to update-manager’s core.

Implementations must be subclasses of this base class.

classmethod fetch_dist_info()

Called only when hasDistUpgradeCheck returns True.

This method should do the actual check (MetaRelease functionality).

get_bug_script_name()

Optionally returns the name of a bug script to use for bug reporting.

get_changelog(pkg_info, changelog_handler)

Starts a changelog fetch thread and calls the given handler object accordingly.

Parameters:

• pkg_info – UpdateManager.Backend.PackageInfoBase object
• changelog_handler – UpdateManager.DistSpecific.changelog.ChangelogHandler object

get_name()

Returns the distribution name.

get_update_category(pkg_info)

Returns an update category ID for the package referred to by package_upd_info.

Parameter:pkg_info – UpdateManager.Backend.PackageInfoBase object. Returns:Update category ID

get_update_category_name(update_category_id)

Returns an update category name for the update category id specified.

Parameter:update_category_id – Update category id

classmethod has_distupgrade_check()

Define whether this implementation can check for distribution upgrades (MetaRelease functionality).

Constants & Data

UpdateManager.DistSpecific.UPDATE_CATEGORY

Enum:

SECURITY = 0

RECOMMENDED = 1

DEFAULT = 2

PROPOSED = 3

BACKPORT = 4

THIRDPARTY = 5

UpdateManager.DistSpecific.UPDATE_CATEGORY_MAP

A mapping of update category identifiers to their (localized) names. See UPDATE_CATEGORY for details.