[Bug 1898494] [NEW] ubiquity in Ubuntu 20.04 Deprecation warning

[MikeR]

Public bug reported:

Running ubiquity after an upgrade fom 18.04 to 20.04 LTS ubuntu:
/usr/bin/ubiquity:74: DeprecationWarning: the imp module is deprecated in favour of importlib; see the module's documentation for alternative uses
  import imp

Note: Replacing "imp" by "importlib" in /usr/bin/ubiquity does NOT work.
ubiquity appears to succeed, are there any latent issues which might crop up following this warning?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: ubiquity 20.04.15.2 [modified: usr/lib/ubiquity/user-setup/user-setup-apply usr/share/ubiquity/apt-setup]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-48.52-generic 5.4.60
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-48-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.9
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.445.1
CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Flashback:GNOME
Date: Mon Oct  5 04:22:22 2020
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=(hd0,gpt4)/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/custom.seed boot=casper iso-scan/filename= quiet splash fsck.mode=skip persistent --
LiveMediaBuild: Backup_mike2_Oct_2020 20.04 - Release amd64
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_IL
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug custom focal ubiquity-20.04.15.2

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Title:
  ubiquity in Ubuntu 20.04 Deprecation warning

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Running ubiquity after an upgrade fom 18.04 to 20.04 LTS ubuntu:
  /usr/bin/ubiquity:74: DeprecationWarning: the imp module is deprecated in favour of importlib; see the module's documentation for alternative uses
    import imp

  Note: Replacing "imp" by "importlib" in /usr/bin/ubiquity does NOT work.
  ubiquity appears to succeed, are there any latent issues which might crop up following this warning?

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: ubiquity 20.04.15.2 [modified: usr/lib/ubiquity/user-setup/user-setup-apply usr/share/ubiquity/apt-setup]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-48.52-generic 5.4.60
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-48-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.9
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.445.1
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Flashback:GNOME
  Date: Mon Oct  5 04:22:22 2020
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=(hd0,gpt4)/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/custom.seed boot=casper iso-scan/filename= quiet splash fsck.mode=skip persistent --
  LiveMediaBuild: Backup_mike2_Oct_2020 20.04 - Release amd64
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_IL
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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