[Bug 253119] Re: PPA packages do not show a changelog in update-manager

[Nicolas Delvaux]

Thanks Colin, I proposed a merge request which implements your suggested
approach.

However I noticed python3-launchpadlib is not seeded in the default install (at least on Ubuntu Xenial), so I assumed it would not be acceptable to pull this library, along with its dependencies, everywhere just for the sake of PPA changelogs.
So I kept the feature optional. One would have to manually install python3-launchpadlib to enable it.

Anyway, it works fine for me. Let's see how the review goes…

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Title:
  PPA packages do not show a changelog in update-manager

Status in Launchpad itself:
  Triaged
Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When installing official packages via update-manager, the change log
  is available from a tab in the GUI (next to description).  These
  change logs are not available for PPA packages.  Could this facility
  be added?  When discussed on IRC #launchpad, there was some concern
  this might blur the boundaries between official and PPA packages and
  result in unfounded trust in the PPA packages.

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