[Bug 1662619] [NEW] dependencies on lsb-release should be reevaluated

[Brian Murray]

Public bug reported:

apport has a build-dep and python[3]-apport depends on lsb-release,
however apport/packaging.py only uses this as a fallback after looking
at /etc/os-release.

That being said backends/packaging-apt-dpkg.py contains a
get_distro_codename function which doesn't use /etc/os-release.

** Affects: apport (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Low
         Status: Triaged

** Affects: apport (Ubuntu Zesty)
     Importance: Low
         Status: Triaged


** Tags: zesty

** Tags added: zesty

** Also affects: apport (Ubuntu Zesty)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu Zesty)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu Zesty)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu Zesty)
   Importance: Medium => Low

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Title:
  dependencies on lsb-release should be reevaluated

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in apport source package in Zesty:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  apport has a build-dep and python[3]-apport depends on lsb-release,
  however apport/packaging.py only uses this as a fallback after looking
  at /etc/os-release.

  That being said backends/packaging-apt-dpkg.py contains a
  get_distro_codename function which doesn't use /etc/os-release.

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