[Bug 1990666] [NEW] distro-info from pypi doesn't work because /usr/share/distro-info/ubuntu.csv is not included

[Thomas Bechtold]

Public bug reported:

If you install distro-info from pypi and don't have /usr/share/distro-
info/ubuntu.csv installed from your local package manager the pypi
package is useless because it fails with:

Python 3.10.7 (main, Sep  8 2022, 14:34:29) [GCC 12.2.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from distro_info import UbuntuDistroInfo
>>> UbuntuDistroInfo()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/tom/tmp/v3/lib/python3.10/site-packages/distro_info.py", line 319, in __init__
    super().__init__("Ubuntu")
  File "/home/tom/tmp/v3/lib/python3.10/site-packages/distro_info.py", line 109, in __init__
    csvfile = open(filename)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/share/distro-info/ubuntu.csv'


I'm not sure if this is the correct place to report this bug but
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/distro-info/-/tree/master/ doesn't have
issues enabled and there is no README...

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10
Package: distro-info 1.1build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-15.15-generic 5.19.0
Uname: Linux 5.19.0-15-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.23.0-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Sep 23 15:44:44 2022
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-03-21 (185 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 21.10 "Impish Indri" - Release amd64 (20211012)
SourcePackage: distro-info
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to kinetic on 2022-09-18 (4 days ago)

** Affects: distro-info (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug kinetic wayland-session

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Title:
  distro-info from pypi doesn't work because /usr/share/distro-
  info/ubuntu.csv is not included

Status in distro-info package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  If you install distro-info from pypi and don't have /usr/share/distro-
  info/ubuntu.csv installed from your local package manager the pypi
  package is useless because it fails with:

  Python 3.10.7 (main, Sep  8 2022, 14:34:29) [GCC 12.2.0] on linux
  Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
  >>> from distro_info import UbuntuDistroInfo
  >>> UbuntuDistroInfo()
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
    File "/home/tom/tmp/v3/lib/python3.10/site-packages/distro_info.py", line 319, in __init__
      super().__init__("Ubuntu")
    File "/home/tom/tmp/v3/lib/python3.10/site-packages/distro_info.py", line 109, in __init__
      csvfile = open(filename)
  FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/share/distro-info/ubuntu.csv'


  I'm not sure if this is the correct place to report this bug but
  https://salsa.debian.org/debian/distro-info/-/tree/master/ doesn't
  have issues enabled and there is no README...

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10
  Package: distro-info 1.1build1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-15.15-generic 5.19.0
  Uname: Linux 5.19.0-15-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
  ApportVersion: 2.23.0-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Fri Sep 23 15:44:44 2022
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-03-21 (185 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 21.10 "Impish Indri" - Release amd64 (20211012)
  SourcePackage: distro-info
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to kinetic on 2022-09-18 (4 days ago)

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